Curly Sue

Director: John Hughes John Hughes

Overview

John Hughes dishes out the sentiment by the ladle-full in Curly Sue. The film stars James Belushi as Bill Dancer, a down-on-his-luck drifter who lives by his wits on the highways and byways of the United States, stealing free meals, slipping into movie theaters, and sleeping in welfare hotels. Bill is also the guardian of cute pint-size moppet Curly Sue (Alisan Porter), a cutey pie cross between Little Orphan Annie and Tatum O'Neal's Addie Loggins character from Paper Moon. Bill and Curly Sue are a perfect con team, and they practice their scams when they need money for food. Pulling a knockdown car-accident scam, Bill makes hard-bitten Chicago lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) think that she slammed into him with her car. She buys dinner for the two mountebanks before being taken away by her snotty boyfriend Walter McCormick (John Getz). But the next morning, Grey actually does hit Bill with her car, and she takes the two back home with her. At first, Grey can't seem to get Curly Sue out of her mind, but then she finds herself falling in love with Bill. They begin to form a perfect family until Walter puts in a call to the Department of Children and Family Services.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2016
UPC:	0888574406998
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Sales rank:	13,483

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alisan Porter	Curly Sue
James Belushi	Bill Dancer
Kelly Lynch	Grey Ellison
John Getz	Walter McCormick
Fred Dalton Thompson	Bernard Oxbar
Cameron Thor	Maitre d'
Branscombe Richmond	Albert
Gail Boggs	Anise Hall
Burke Byrnes	Dr. Maxwell
Viveka Davis	Trina
Barbara Tarbuck	Mrs. Arnold
Edie McClurg	Secretary
Charles Adams	Prison Guard
James W. Bolinski	The Pawnbroker
Lyle Brown	Theater Patron
Nadine Burke	Social Worker
Adele Robbins	DCGS Caseworker
Carol Chickering	Soprano
Grace Collette	Foster Mother
Ralph Foody	Drifter
Cedrick Pipes	Cook
Alonzo Hall	Cook
Luke Reichle	1st Store Clerk
Joel Levin	2nd Store Clerk
Tammy Karabas-Brody	3rd Store Clerk
Patricia Hooker	4th Store Clerk
Joe Liss	Ticket Taker
Rocco Pecirno	Father of the Bride
Ely Pouget	Dinah Tompkins
Susan Mayer	Woman With Champagne Glass
John Ashton	Frank Arnold
Steve Carell	Tesio
Janet Hirshenson	Actor
Jane Jenkins	Actor
Terrie Snell	Maggie
Georges Delerue	Composer

Technical Credits

John Hughes

John Hughes	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Tarquin Gotch	Executive Producer
John E. Gray	Special Effects,Special Effects
Freddie Hice	Stunts
John Reitz	Sound/Sound Designer
Gregg Rudloff	Sound/Sound Designer