Find the Lady (1976 film)

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Find the Lady
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Directed by John Trent
Written byDavid Main
John Trent
Produced byDavid Main
John Trent
Starring John Candy
Mickey Rooney
Peter Cook
Lawrence Dane
Alexandra Bastedo
Cinematography Harry Waxman
Edited byAl Gell
Music by Robert Sharples
Production
companies
Quadrant Films
Impact Films
Distributed byDanton Films
Release date
  • November 11, 1976 (1976-11-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Find the Lady is a 1976 comedy film directed by John Trent. [1] It was one of the earliest films in which John Candy stars. The plot involves kidnapping schemes all involving the same woman except the wrong woman gets taken and the right one, Victoria (Alexandra Bastedo), runs away with her boyfriend.

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The film is a spin-off of the earlier film It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time , which features the Kopek (Candy) and Broom (Lawrence Dane) characters in a subplot.

The cast also includes Ed McNamara, Hugh Webster, Delroy Lindo and Mickey Rooney.

Cast

Reception

The Calgary Herald wrote, "Find the Lady is a numbskull number about as funny as a slice of pizza in a hat... A British-Canadian co-production, Find the Lady stumbles from one worn-out comedy chestnut to another. There is the off-key opera singer, the transvestite who complains that life is a 'drag', lots of dumb blonds, and even dumber cops." [2]

References

  1. ↑ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN   1-894073-21-5. p. 77.
  2. ↑ Hogg, Carol (November 20, 1976). "'Great White Father' to the rescue and an unfunny lady hunt". The Calgary Herald . Retrieved 2 December 2020.


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