Curly Sue
Curly Sue
Curly Sue
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1991
1h 41m
6.4(552 votes)
Comedy
Drama
Family
Romance

Overview

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.

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Production Companies

Hughes Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

38 members
Acting

Jim Belushi

Bill Dancer

Jim Belushi
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Alisan Porter

Curly Sue

Alisan Porter
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Kelly Lynch

Grey Ellison

Kelly Lynch
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John Getz

Walker McCormick

John Getz
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Steve Carell

Tesio

Steve Carell
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Fred Thompson

Bernard Oxbar

Fred Thompson
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Edie McClurg

Secretary

Edie McClurg
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Viveka Davis

Trina

Viveka Davis
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Gail Boggs

Anise Hall

Gail Boggs
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Ralph Foody

Drifter

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Burke Byrnes

Dr. Maxwell

Burke Byrnes
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Barbara Tarbuck

Mrs. Arnold

Barbara Tarbuck
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Adele Robbins

DCFS Caseworker

Adele Robbins
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Ely Pouget

Dinah Tompkins

Ely Pouget
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Cameron Thor

Maitre d'

Cameron Thor
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Branscombe Richmond

Albert

Branscombe Richmond
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Charles Adams

Prison Guard

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James W. Boinski

Pawnbroker

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Lyle Browne

Theater Patron

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Nadine Burke

Social Worker

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Carol Chickering

Soprano

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Grace Collette

Foster Mother

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Cedrick Pipes

Cook

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Alonzo Hall

Cook

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Costume & Make-Up

Luke Reichle

Store Clerk 1

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Joel Levin

Store Clerk 2

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Production

Tammy Karabas

Store Clerk 3

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Patricia Hooker

Store Clerk 4

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Joe Liss

Ticket Taker

Joe Liss
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Rocco Pecirno

Father of the Bride

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Costume & Make-Up

Susan Mayer

Woman with Champagne Glass

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John Ashton

Frank Arnold

John Ashton
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James DeAngelo

Hobo

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Brian Reed Garvin

Theater Manager

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Karen Jensen-Clark

Theater Patron

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Shon Little

Federico

Shon Little
Acting

Larry Nazimek

Homeless Person

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Crew

Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc

State Trooper

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