Outrageous Fortune

The CIA is trailing them, the KGB is tracking them, the phone company is tracing them, the police are chasing them, the cowboys are herding them, and the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?

1987•1h 40m•

★6.0(126 ratings)

Comedy

Overview

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.

Director

Arthur Hiller

Writers

Leslie Dixon

Watchlist

Main Cast

Shelley Long

Lauren Ames

Bette Midler

Sandy Brozinsky

Peter Coyote

Michael Sanders

Robert Prosky

Stanislav Korzenowski

John Schuck

Agent Atkins

Anthony Heald

Outrageous Fortune

1987•1h 40m•

★6.0(126 ratings)

Comedy

Overview

Director

Arthur Hiller

Writers

Leslie Dixon

Watchlist

Main Cast

Shelley Long

Lauren Ames

Bette Midler

Sandy Brozinsky

Peter Coyote

Michael Sanders

Robert Prosky

Stanislav Korzenowski

John Schuck

Agent Atkins

Anthony Heald

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Arthur Hiller
Script Supervisor: Betty Chaplin
Second Unit Director: Michael D. Moore
Second Assistant Director: Bruce Humphrey
First Assistant Director: Jim Van Wyck
Second Second Assistant Director: Robert Roda

Writing

Writer: Leslie Dixon

Production

Producer: Robert W. Cort
Producer: Ted Field
Production Coordinator: Chip Fowler
Casting: Mali Finn
Co-Producer: Scott Kroopf
Co-Producer: Peter V. Herald

Music & Sound

Sound Editor: Robert Bradshaw
Sound Editor: John Leveque
Music Editor: Michael Tronick
Sound Editor: Jeffrey L. Sandler
Supervising Sound Editor: Gordon Ecker
ADR Editor: Becky Sullivan

Cinematography

Camera Operator: Robert Edesa
Still Photographer: Laurel Moore
Director of Photography: David M. Walsh
Second Unit Director of Photography: Rexford L. Metz
Additional Camera: Robert D. McBride
Second Assistant Camera: Martin G. Beazell

Editing

Editor: Tom Rolf
Assistant Editor: Melissa Bretherton
Assistant Editor: Jean Caperonis

Art Direction

Production Design: James Dowell Vance
Construction Coordinator: Phil Read
Construction Coordinator: Mort Zwicker
Art Direction: Sandy Veneziano
Property Master: Sidney H. Greenwood
Set Decoration: Rick Gentz

Costume & Make-Up

Makeup Artist: Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist: Tom Lucas
Costume Design: Gloria Gresham
Hairstylist: Susan Germaine
Hairstylist: Barbara Lorenz
Costume Supervisor: G. Tony Scarano

Visual Effects

Special Effects Supervisor: Dennis Dion
Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael Lloyd

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "The CIA is trailing them, the KGB is tracking them, the phone company is tracing them, the police are chasing them, the cowboys are herding them, and the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?"

The runtime is 100 minutes (1h 40m).

The film was directed by Arthur Hiller.

The screenplay was written by Leslie Dixon.

The score was composed by Alan Silvestri.

Cinematography was handled by David M. Walsh.

The film features a large ensemble cast of over 51 credited actors.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0093690.