When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey.
Acting
Ed Asner commits to being very dead with surprising dedication.
Writing
Dialogue that thinks it's sharper than it is—but occasionally lands.
Director
Charles Dennis
Charlene Blaine
Erica Dale
Charles Dennis
Pericles Kulakundis
Ed Asner
Golden Hands Segal
Ed Begley Jr.
Governor Begley
Hamilton Camp
Bix Karew
Dabney Coleman
Spray Loomis
Bryan Cranston
Lt. Bryce Baxter
John Getz
Blazedell Woodruff
Fayard Nicholas
Ulysses
Paula Prentiss
Sweet Cherrie
Ian Abercrombie
Jack Ermine
Mitzi McCall
Myrna Segal
Richard Steven Horvitz
Sheldon Goldstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Charles Dennis also plays Pericles Kulakundis, because why hire two people when you can do both jobs badly?
This film belongs to that magical 2000s subgenre of 'comedy veterans cashing checks in the desert'—see also: countless Danny DeVito vehicles.
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