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The Wrong Guy
The Wrong Guy is a 1997 Canadian comedy film directed by David Steinberg. It was co-written by Dave Foley of "The Kids in the Hall" and "Newsradio" fame, along with David Anthony Higgins and Jay Kogen (the latter of "The Simpsons" writing fame). Foley also stars in the picture, along with David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly, Colm Feore and Joe Flaherty.
The script was originally inspired by a sketch Foley himself wrote back during his days with "
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Director Henry Cornelius approached More during the run of "The Deep Blue Sea" and offered him £3,500 to play one of the four leads in a comedy, "Genevieve" (1953) (a part turned down by Guy Middleton). More said Cornelius never saw him in the play but cast him on the basis of his work in "The Galloping Major". More recalls "the shooting of the picture was hell. Everything went wrong, even the weather." The resulting film was a huge