three fugitives

Director: francis veber

Actor: nick nolte,martin short,sarah rowland doroff,james earl jones

Data Published: Fri Jan 27 1989

Genres: Action,Comedy

Key Words: detective,bank robbery,hostage,release from prison,police

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098471/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Fugitives

Description: Three Fugitives is a movie starring Nick Nolte, Martin Short, and Sarah Rowland Doroff. A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're...

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 Duggan 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 he's 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. All appears to end well. However, in the closing scene, Perry 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.