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Pure Luck is a american film of genre Drama directed by Nadia Tass released in USA on 9 august 1991 with Martin Short

Pure Luck (1991)

Pure Luck
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Released in USA 9 august 1991
Length 1h36
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Adventure,    Crime
Rating57% 2.8980752.8980752.8980752.8980752.898075

Pure Luck is a 1991 American comedy film starring Martin Short and Danny Glover. It is remake of the popular French comedy film La Chèvre (1981).

Synopsis

The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist (Harry Shearer), knowing that the girl has ultra bad luck, persuades her father (Sam Wanamaker) to send one of his employees (Martin Short), an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.

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