Weekend at Bernie’s

Theatrical - Wide 1989-07-05

Cast Andrew McCarthy Jonathan Silverman Terry Kiser Don Calfa Ted Kotcheff
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Written by Robert Klane

Box Office Gross: $30,218,387

Running Time: 98 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Gladden Entertainment

Genres: Comedy Crime

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Synopsis

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

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