A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot, but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?
Acting
Wilder & Pryor's chemistry is illegally charming—comedy alchemy in motion.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes their disabilities into punchlines without cruelty.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI physical comedy hits harder—every stumble is earned.
Director
Arthur Hiller
Richard Pryor
Wallace 'Wally' Karue
Gene Wilder
Dave Lyons
Joan Severance
Eve
Kevin Spacey
Kirgo
Alan North
Braddock
Alexandra Neil
Sally
John Capodice
Scotto
Tonya Pinkins
Leslie
Mary Kay Adams
Dr. Bennett
Lauren Tom
Mitzie
Anthony Zerbe
Sutherland
Kirsten Childs
Adele
Hardy Rawls
Beefy Tourist
Louis Giambalvo
Gatlin
Audrie Neenan
Policewoman and Marilyn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pryor and Wilder had already starred in Silver Streak and Stir Crazy together—this was their third and final film pairing.
Kevin Spacey plays the villain Kirgo early in his career, a weird time-capsule moment given everything since.
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