Big Trouble

Big Trouble

93 mins | Comedy | May 30, 1986

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.

Big Trouble

93 mins | Comedy | May 30, 1986

Big Trouble
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers Columbia Pictures, Delphi III Productions
Original title Big Trouble
Directors Julie Pitkanen, John Cassavetes
Writers Andrew Bergman

Cast

Alan Arkin

as Leonard Hoffman

Beverly D'Angelo

as Blanche Rickey

Peter Falk

as Steve Rickey

Charles Durning

as O'Mara

Robert Stack

as Winslow

Paul Dooley

as George Noozel

Valerie Curtin

as Arlene Hoffman

Richard Libertini

as Dr. Lopez

Steve Alterman

as Peter Hoffman

Jerry Pavlon

as Michael Hoffman

Paul La Greca

as Joshua Hoffman

John P. Finnegan

as Det. Murphy

Karl Lukas

as Police captain

Edith Fields

as Doris

Rosemarie Stack

as Mrs. Winslow

Barbara Tarbuck

as Helen

Al White

as Mr. Williams

Teddy Wilson

as Porter

Gloria Gifford

as Wanda

Herb Armstrong

as Night Security Guard

Jaime Sánchez

as Chief Terrorist

Gaetano Lisi

as Gaetano Lopez

Chester Grimes

as Flavio Lopez

Irene Olga López

as Lopez' Receptionist

Daphne Eckler

as Receptionist

Carol Reinhard

as Winslow's Secretary

Conroy Gedeon

as Reporter

Leonard P. Geer

as Whitlow Kepler

Melvin Jones

as Terrorist #1

Luis Contreras

as Terrorist #2

John M. Kochian Jr.

as Terrorist #3

Domingo Ambriz

as Terrorist #4

John Bianchini

as Terrorist #5

Nafa Rasho

as Terrorist #6

Roger Ito

as Terrorist #7

Perry Fluker

as Terrorist #8

Lynn Ready

as Terrorist #9

Steven Lambert

as Terrorist #10

Yukio G. Collins

as Terrorist #11

Howard Clapp

as Executive #1

Jeff Howard

as Executive #2

Leland Sun

as Chinese Laborer #1

Al Leong

as Chinese Laborer #2

Danny Lew

as Chinese Laborer #3

Michaelani

as Chinese Laborer #4

Dennis Phun

as Chinese Laborer #5

Walter Soo Hoo

as Chinese Laborer #6

Richard Walter

as Hot Dog Eater

Joseph G. Medalis

as Salesman

Gary Nastu

as Fireman

Warren Munson

as Jack