A Fine Mess

A Fine Mess

90 mins | Comedy | Aug. 8, 1986

Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it who are trying to silence them. And there's also the mob boss whom the two guys work for who planned the fixing thing whose wife is having an affair with the actor.

A Fine Mess

90 mins | Comedy | Aug. 8, 1986

A Fine Mess
Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it who are trying to silence them. And there's also the mob boss whom the two guys work for who planned the fixing thing whose wife is having an affair with the actor.
IMDb rating 4.7
Producers Columbia Pictures, Blake Edwards
Original title A Fine Mess
Directors Blake Edwards
Writers Blake Edwards

Cast

Ted Danson

as Spence Holden

Howie Mandel

as Dennis Powell

Richard Mulligan

as Wayne "Turnip" Parragella

Stuart Margolin

as Maurice "Binky" Drundza

MarĂ­a Conchita Alonso

as Claudia Pazzo

Jennifer Edwards

as Ellen Frankenthaler

Paul Sorvino

as Tony Pazzo

Rick Ducommun

as Wardell

Keye Luke

as Ishimine

Ed Herlihy

as TV Reporter

Walter Charles

as Auctioneer

Tawny Moyer

as Leading Lady

Emma Walton Hamilton

as First Extra

Carrie Leigh

as Second Extra

Sharan Lea

as Young Girl

Rick Overton

as Companion

John Short

as Assistant Director

Teddy Wilson

as Covington

Valerie Wildman

as Anchorwoman

Larry Storch

as Leopold Klop

Vic Polizos

as Detective Hunker

James Cromwell

as Detective Blist

Dennis Franz

as Phil

Brooke Alderson

as Aileen

Craig Richard Nelson

as The Director (uncredited)