Wrongfully Accused (1998)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Pat Proft

Writer (WGA):

Pat Proft (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

It's not just a movie. It's every movie.

Plot:

Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.

Plot Keywords:

One Legged Man | Bus | Murder | Death | Violin

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Ryan Harrison
Richard Crenna	...	Lieutenant Fergus Falls
Kelly LeBrock	...	Lauren Goodhue (as Kelly Le Brock)
Melinda McGraw	...	Cass Lake
Michael York	...	Hibbing Goodhue
Sandra Bernhard	...	Doctor Fridley
Aaron Pearl	...	Sean Laughrea
Leslie Jones	...	Sergeant Tina Bagley
Benjamin Ratner	...	Sergeant Orono (as Ben Ratner)
Gerard Plunkett	...	Sir Robert McKintyre
Duncan Fraser	...	Sergeant McMacDonald
John Walsh	...	John Walsh
Maury Hannigan	...	Commissioner Hannigan
Chick Hearn	...	Basketball Announcer
Lambchop	...	Herself

Also Known As:

Leslie Nielsen ist sehr verdächtig (Germany)
Sehr verdächtig (Germany) (alternative title)
Unter falschem Verdacht (Germany) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (No. 35970) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Spain:T | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

Stay and read through the credits for some gag credits, like the Lottery Numbers, the Menu of the Day, "Interns We Had Sex With", "Things That Were Stolen", "People In Crew Who Smuggled Cuban Cigars Out Of Canada" and "People Nobody Cares About" (sped up), among others. The Credits end with "Movie's Done".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ryan is in the hospital, you see man carrying a windowpane with tape on it(cross-shaped). A second later, you see that man putting the pane in the window, but the tape has disappeared.

Quotes:

Cass Lake: You see, I think she's my sister.
Ryan Harrison: Sister?
Cass Lake: It's like a brother, only you do each other's hair.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Soundtrack:

La Bamba

A Fun Movie For Film Buffs

Since "The Fugitive" is one of my all-time favorites, this takeoff on it was fun and enjoyable for me to watch. Hey, sometimes it's best to laugh at ourselves and the things we like. For much of it, this movie was laugh-out-loud funny.

It helped not only to know "The Fugitive" story well but also "North By Northwest," "Casablanca" "Titantic," and many, many other films, both classic and modern-day. The more familiar you are with movies, the more of these "inside" jokes are going to make you laugh.

Being a movie buff, a lot of these gags connected and made me really have a good time watching this Leslie Nielsen farce. Be warned, parents: this is not a family comedy. There are tons of sexual innuendos, so typical of today's comedies.