Plot
The film is set in Los Angeles in 1947. A criminal on the run from hired killers comes to the office of a private detective named Tucker and asks Tucker to find a daughter he left at an orphanage in 1918. The man has a substantial amount of money that he wants to give the girl. Tucker's search leads him to two sisters, daughters of a rich Beverly Hills widow. Tucker is sure one of the sisters is the man's daughter, but he's not sure which is the right one. Meanwhile, the killers chasing Tucker's client are now chasing the detective, and Tucker also discovers that the widow's brother-in-law may be blackmailing the two girls and/or embezzling from the widow. Tucker also keeps encountering a mysterious stranger who seems to know more than he admits, and may or may not be working with the brother-in-law. Ultimately everyone ends up on a cruise ship headed to South America and the various mysteries are resolved.Cast
Production
The film originally was titled ''Fat Chance'' and began filming in June 1974.Fat Chance' to Begin Shooting Los Angeles Times 3 Apr 1974: 29. The producers had worked with Peter Hyams on ''Busting'' and hired him to rewrite W.D. Richter's script and direct because they liked the comic elements of ''Busting''.Reception
Hyams said he "managed to combine critical and commercial failure. And that made me colder than ice. Nobody wanted me."Interview with Peter Hyams by Luke FordReferences
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* * 1975 films 1975 comedy films American comedy mystery films 1970s comedy mystery films American detective films Films based on American novels Films directed by Peter Hyams Films set in 1947 Films set in Los Angeles Films with screenplays by W. D. Richter Films produced by Robert Chartoff Films produced by Irwin Winkler 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub