Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Walter Hill. The film stars Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, and Hume Cronyn with supporting roles by Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, and Tovah Feldshuh. The screenplay by Herschel Weingrod and Timothy Harris was based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story as this version tells the story of a Minor League Baseball pitcher who inherits his great-uncle's fortune of $300 million. The catch is that he must spend $30 million in 30 days to inherit it and the pitcher takes the challenge as the heads of a law firm make plans to see that he fails so that they can get the inheritance.

MPAA Rating:	PG
Genre:	Comedy
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Mae Woods, Gene Levy, Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon
Directed By:	Walter Hill
Written By:	Herschel Weingrod, George Barr McCutcheon, Timothy Harris
Cast:	Gloria Charles, Richard Pryor, Lin Shaye, Matt Landers, Kip Waldo, Milt Kogan, Steven Benson, Brad Sanders, Bennie E. Dobbins, Naylon Mitchell, John Candy, Joel Weiss, R.D. Call, Jeffrey Mylett, Roger Til, Yakov Smirnoff, Wesley Thompson, Archie Hahn, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Kelly Yaegermann, Margot Rose, Rosetta LeNoire, Robert Ellenstein, Peter Jason, Richard Hochberg, Allan Graf, Stephen Collins, Reni Santoni, Hume Cronyn, Joey Banks, Mike Hagerty, Rick Moranis, Grand L. Bush, Jerry Orbach, Yana Nirvana, Alan Autry, Malachy McCourt, David White, Strawn Bovee, David Wohl, Frank Slaten, Ken Medlock, Joseph G. Medalis, Conrad Janis, Marina Anderson, Jerome Dempsey, Joe Grifasi, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Hank Robinson, Ronald E. Giles, Joseph Leon, Lonette McKee, Allan Miller, Carmine Caridi, Bill McConnell
In Theaters:	May 22, 1985
Runtime:	1 hour 42 minutes
Production:	Universal Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures
Budget:	$20,000,000
Box Office:	$40,833,132
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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