Three Fugitives
- Original title
- Three Fugitives
- Year
- 1989
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Nick Nolte
- Martin Short
- Sarah Rowland
- James Earl Jones
- Alan Ruck
- Bruce McGill
- Kenneth McMillan
- Lee Garlington
- Sy Richardson
- Rocky Giordani
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Remake
- Synopsis
- Another of Disney's Touchstone Pictures rehashes of a lightweight French farce, Three Fugitives goes the trend one better by importing French director Frances Veber to supervise a shot-for-shot remake of his French original Les Fugitifs. Nick Nolte stars as a bank robber named Lucas, recently released from prison, who ambles into a bank to open up a checking account. Into the bank enters the inept Ned (Martin Short), who tries to rob the place and takes Lucas hostage. The police, knowing Lucas's criminal history, assume Lucas and Ned are pulling the heist together. With no choice in the matter, Lucas is compelled to engineer their getaway. Complicating the situation further is Ned's six-year-old daughter Meg (Sarah Rowland Doroff), who has been mute since the death of her mother. With his bank account depleted, Ned has robbed the bank to get money to send Meg to a special school. Meg loves her father, but finds herself drawn to the gruff Lucas. As the three go on the lam from the cops, the trio of misfits bond as a makeshift family. (Paul Brenner: All Movie Guide)
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- Critics' reviews
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"Ultimately 'Three Fugitives' is too sweet for its own good. It has moments of real hilarity, and moments of oh-please. Veber, we know, can do better"
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"Called upon to do little more than imitate the mannerisms of their French predecessors, Nolte and Short seem hemmed in and desperately uncomfortable"
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