Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives is a 1989 American buddy crime-comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short, and featuring Sarah Rowland Doroff, James Earl Jones and Alan Ruck in supporting roles. It is a remake of Les Fugitifs, a 1986 French comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard also directed by Veber.

The movie was popular at the box office, grossing more than $40 million against a budget of $15 million, despite receiving a general negative reception from critics.

Plot 
Lucas has been in prison for armed robbery. On the day he is released, he gets taken hostage by Ned Perry, an incompetent, novice criminal who robs a bank (to get money for treatment for his ill daughter, Meg) at the moment Lucas just happens to be there.

Detective Dugan assumes they must be in it together and sets about tracking them down.  Several chases, an accidental shooting, treatment from a crazy vet who thinks Lucas is a dog and other capers follow, all the while Lucas trying to ditch his idiotic companion and prove his own innocence.

Whilst avoiding the law, the two form an unlikely partnership to help cure the silent Meg and make good their escape. They rescue Meg from the care home she's in (with Perry nearly ruining the whole affair with his clumsiness) and flee for Canada, pretending to be a married couple with a son.

Perry later enters a Canadian bank to change some currency only to find himself taken hostage by a different bank robber in the same manner he originally kidnapped Lucas. Because of this unexpected development, Lucas does not need to say goodbye to Meg, with whom he has formed a bond.

Cast
Nick Nolte as Daniel James Lucas
Martin Short as Ned Perry
James Earl Jones as Detective Movan Dugan
Alan Ruck as Inspector Tenner
Sarah Doroff as Meghan "Meg" Perry
Kenneth McMillan as Horvath
David Arnott as Bank Teller
Lee Garlington as Constable Jane Karie
Bruce McGill as Charlie
Sy Richardson as Tucker
Rocky Giordani as Bowles
Stanley Brock as Release Sergent
Rick Hall as Dog Handler Billy
Brian Thompson as Second Thug
Jack McGee as Fisherman
Kathy Kinney as Receptionist
Larry Miller as Street Cop
Jeff Perry as Orderly #2
Dinah Lenney as Reporter #1
John Aylward as Second Cop
Tim De Zarn as First Cop
Rhoda Gemignani as Radio Announcer
Charles Noland as Bartender Dave
Albert Henderson as Man In Raincoat
Gary Armagnac as Cop #2
Dean Smith as Barry "Playboy" Jones
Mike MacDonald as Sergeant Snow
Michael Siegel as Cop #4

Reception
The film received negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 14% based on 14 reviews as of May 2016.

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Category:1989 films
Category:1980s crime comedy films
Category:American action comedy films
Category:American buddy films
Category:American crime comedy films
Category:American remakes of French films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films produced by Lauren Shuler Donner
Category:Films directed by Francis Veber
Category:Touchstone Pictures films