Movie Comedy
An American excess story.
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Richard Pryor John Candy Lonette McKee Stephen Collins Jerry Orbach Pat Hingle Tovah Feldshuh Hume Cronyn Joe Grifasi Peter Jason David White Jerome Dempsey David Wohl Ji-Tu Cumbuka Milt Kogan Carmine Caridi Yakov Smirnoff Rick Moranis Gloria Charles Yana Nirvana Grand L. Bush Conrad Janis Rosetta LeNoire Joseph Leon Robert Ellenstein Reni Santoni Alan Autry Joseph G. Medalis Malachy McCourt Roger Til Allan Miller Mike Hagerty Kelly Yaegermann Regina Hooks Allan Graf Archie Hahn Jeffrey Mylett Richard Hochberg R. D. Call Frank Slaten Lin Shaye Wesley Thompson Strawn Bovee Matt Landers Kip Waldo Shaka Cumbuka Brad Sanders Bill McConnell Margot Rose Joel Weiss Candee Jennings Bennie E. Dobbins Gary Alexander Joey Banks Steven Benson Mike Paciorek Ken Medlock Robbie T. Robinson Ken Knighten Hank Robinson Art Reichle Marina Anderson Jack Couch Ken DuMain Ronald E. Giles Bob Harks Freeman Love Naylon Mitchell Danny Nero Arnie Scheer
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