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 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
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| Writer: | Leslie Dixon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 30, 1987 |
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| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
| Writer: | Leslie Dixon |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | central intelligence agency (cia), new mexico, kgb, fake death |
| Production Companies | Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Communications, Silver Screen Partners II |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Shelley Long | Lauren Ames |
| Bette Midler | Sandy Brozinsky |
| Peter Coyote | Michael Sanders |
| Robert Prosky | Stanislav Korzenowski |
| John Schuck | Agent Atkins |
| Anthony Heald | Weldon |
| George Carlin | Frank Madras |
| Ji-Tu Cumbuka | Cab Driver |
| Florence Stanley | Ticket Agent |
| Jerry Zaks | Tobacco Clerk |
| John DiSanti | Police Lieutenant |
| Diana Bellamy | Madam |
| Gary Morgan | Panansky |
| Christopher McDonald | George |
| J.W. Smith | Dealer #1 |
| Robert Pastorelli | Dealer #2 |
| Tony Epper | Russell |
| Bill Hart | Boyd |
| Sally R. Brown | Actress |
| Carol Ann Susi | Receptionist |
| R. Gilbert Clayton | Coroner |
| Don Ambabo | Helicopter Pilot |
| Paul Brooks | Airport Attendant |
| Barbara De Kins | Airport Woman |
| Thomas Dillon | Security Officer Brown |
| Sandra Eng | Newswoman |
| Roger Engstrom | Airport Husband |
| James Espinoza | Pick-up Truck Rider #3 |
| Barney Garcia | Pick-up Truck Rider #2 |
| José García | Pick-up Truck Driver #1 |
| Mike Henry | Russian #1 |
| Neil Hunt | Fencing Teacher |
| Coral Kassel | Meter Maid |
| Tom Lillard | Vasily |
| James McIntire | Bartender |
| Joan McMurtrey | Fencer #2 |
| Greg Mace | Policeman |
| Bill Marcus | Dispatcher |
| Phil Mead | Airport Security Guard |
| J. Clell Miller | Oil Rig Driver |
| Lonna Montrose | Airport Patron |
| Bob O'Connell | Gate Attendant |
| Steven Rotblatt | Eddie |
| Johnny Sanchez | Puerto Rican Kid |
| Pat Santino | Security Guard |
| Ade Small | Ballet Teacher |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | Russian #2 |
| Bunny Summers | Costume Lady |
| Anna Marie Wieder | Hooker - Ruby |
| Eyan Williams | Black Girl Dancer |
| R.G. Clayton | Coroner |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Hiller | Director |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Donna Keegan | Stunts |
| Tom Wright | Stunts |
| James Dowell Vance | Production Design |
| Robert Edesa | Camera Operator |
| Tom Lucas | Makeup Artist |
| Daniel Maltese | Set Designer |
| Jeffrey L. Sandler | Sound Editor |
| Betty Chaplin | Script Supervisor |
| Sandy Veneziano | Art Direction |
| Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Sidney H. Greenwood | Property Master |
| Laurel Moore | Still Photographer |
| Mort Zwicker | Construction Coordinator |
| Chip Fowler | Production Coordinator |
| Jim Van Wyck | First Assistant Director |
| Larry Hamm | Location Manager |
| Myron Adams | Location Manager |
| Michael Nash | First Assistant Camera |
| Robert Roda | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Celeste Gose | Production Assistant |
| Ann Culotta | Costumer |
| Jackie Martin | Production Coordinator |
| Bruce Humphrey | Second Assistant Director |
| Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Ginsburg | Still Photographer |
| Shawn Sykora | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Mark Scoon | Production Assistant |
| Judith Stevens | Unit Production Manager |
| Jean Caperonis | Assistant Editor |
| Richard C. Kratina | Camera Operator |
| Dennis Dion | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Barbara Lorenz | Hairstylist |
| Sherman Waze | Sound Editor |
| Mali Finn | Casting |
| Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
| Robert Bradshaw | Sound Editor |
| Rick Gentz | Set Decoration |
| Gloria Gresham | Costume Design |
| Tammy Manville | Stunt Double |
| Bob Mills | Makeup Artist |
| Richard Alarian | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Melissa Bretherton | Assistant Editor |
| Martin G. Beazell | Second Assistant Camera |
| Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| Eddie Lee Voelker | Transportation Coordinator |
| Mike Carrillo | Assistant Property Master |
| Eddy Allen | Stunts |
| Mike McCaffrey | Production Assistant |
| Peter V. Herald | Unit Production Manager |
| Robert D. McBride | Additional Camera |
| Hugh Langtry | Dolly Grip |
| Elisabeth Landon | Publicist |
| Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| John Leveque | Sound Editor |
| Becky Sullivan | ADR Editor |
| David A. Whittaker | Sound Editor |
| Michael Lloyd | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Gordon Ecker | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Phil Read | Construction Coordinator |
| G. Tony Scarano | Costume Supervisor |
| David M. Walsh | Director of Photography |
| Mike Henry | Location Manager |
| Victor Magnotta | Stunts |
| Dennis Maitland | Sound Mixer |
| Cheryl Beasley Blackwell | Costumer |
| Richard Moran | Key Grip |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist |
| Deborah Watkins | Stunts |
| Rocco Derasmo | Transportation Captain |
| Jerry Jost | Sound Mixer |
| Lisa Cain | Stunts |
| James Hooks Reynolds | Stunts |
| Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dennis Jones | Boom Operator |
| Princess O'Mahoney | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Carol Neilson Smrz | Stunts |
| Rexford L. Metz | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Leslie Dixon | Writer |
| Alan Silvestri | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Tronick | Music Editor |
| Debra De Liso | Stunt Double |
| Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Danny Aiello III | Stunts |
| Phil Neilson | Stunts |
| Michael D. Moore | Second Unit Director |
| Tom Morga | Stunts |
| Bernie Styles | Extras Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ted Field | Producer |
| Scott Kroopf | Co-Producer |
| Robert W. Cort | Producer |
| Martin Mickelson | Co-Producer |
| Jim Van Wyck | Associate Producer |
| Peter V. Herald | Co-Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 8 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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