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Find the Lady

Find the Lady (1976)

Comedy | 100 minutes
2,00 12 votes
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Genre: Comedy

Duration: 100 minuten

Alternative titles: Call the Cops! / Kopek and Broom

Country: Canada / United Kingdom

Directed by: John Trent

Stars: Lawrence Dane, John Candy and Ed McNamara

IMDb score: 4,0 (484)

Releasedate: 11 November 1976

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Find the Lady plot

"He's a detective and no one has a clue why."

Agent Kopek is pleasantly disturbed and regularly causes chaotic situations at the police station. Sergeant Broom, Kopek's partner, regularly holds his hand over his head. Together they must bring a kidnapping case to a successful conclusion. A dubious casino owner has his wealthy niece kidnapped by a gang of mafiosi in order to collect the ransom. However, the men kidnapped the wrong person. Victoria appears to have fled with her boyfriend, and now Victoria's boss also claims that he has kidnapped her.

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John Candy John Candy

Kopek

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney

Trigger

Peter Cook Peter Cook

Lewenhak

Lawrence Dane Lawrence Dane

Broom

Ed McNamara Ed McNamara

Kaminsky

Alexandra Bastedo Alexandra Bastedo

Victoria

Rummy Bishop Rummy Bishop

Charlie The Wheel

Dick Emery Dick Emery

Leo

Laurie Seto Laurie Seto

Flanagan

Robert McHeady Robert McHeady

Reilly

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tommykonijn

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18 February 2023 at 18:34

Of course watched to see a young John Candy at work. Around 2009 I saw a large part of the best man's oeuvre. Candy came across to me in almost all of his roles as a man with the heart in the right place. Infectiously sympathetic. Even in the less good films, he seems to have put his heart and soul into it and he often manages to save things. And of course there are films like Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Pure class!

But this Find the Lady... well. Really pure and only worth watching for the reason that I have seen it. Candy is bumbling quite a bit and that produces a smile here and there, but the slapstick is really of extreme proportions, the timing is almost completely lost and the acting is sad. The Bassie and Adriaan-like crooks (but less fun) get way too much screen time and it's actually all such an absurdly large mess that it sometimes becomes laughable, but often also downright tiring.

Nice to have seen, but especially as a 'document' of the beginning of an actor's career. As a film, this actually falls short on all fronts.

2*

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