The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 112 minuten
Alternative title: Een Keurig Heer
Country:
United States
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith and Charles S. Dutton
IMDb score:
5,9 (17.881)
Releasedate: 4 December 1992
The Distinguished Gentleman plot
"From con man to congressman"
After the death of Florida MP Jeff Johnson, his namesake Thomas Jefferson Johnson, a third-class criminal and first-class charlatan, sees his chance to take his place. He launches a campaign based purely on brand awareness (Jeff Johnson, the name you know) and miraculously manages to get elected. Thomas feels at home in the lobbies and informal powers surrounding the congress.
Actors and actresses
Thomas Jefferson Johnson
Dick Dodge
Miss Loretta Hicks
Olaf Andersen
Celia Kirby
Arthur Reinhardt
Terry Corrigan
Elijah Hawkins
Armando
Homer
Reviews & comments
speedy23
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- 18945 messages
- 14043 votes
Charming swindler Murphy cleverly gets elected as a US congressman so he can legally scam everyone. Until a cancer patient is staged on Eddie Murphy (and the viewer) rubbing the consequences of corruption under the nose. Marty Kaplan's screenplay is based on testimonials from ex-presidential candidate Walter Mondale. Jonathan Lynn turned the story into a fairly simplistic political satire with a dashing Eddie Murphy and Lane Smith in convincing supporting roles...
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Zinema (crew films)
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- 10276 messages
- 7314 votes
Less funny than Trading Places, for example, but not as bad as almost anything that would follow. A kind of ending to a beautiful era. Maybe Murphy had his coke addiction under control here or wasn't using the crap yet. As is well known, he misses every point these days. Here's another Murphy who is somewhat funny, even if the script doesn't help him much.
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