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Out on a Limb is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Francis Veber released in USA on 4 september 1992 with Matthew Broderick
Out on a Limb (1992)
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Add to a movie listOut on a Limb is a 1992 comedy film written by Joshua and Daniel Goldin and directed by Francis Veber. It stars Matthew Broderick, Jeffrey Jones, Heidi Kling, Courtney Peldon, Michael Monks, and John C. Reilly.
The film was released by Universal Pictures on September 4, 1992. This was the first movie that Broderick and Jones starred in together since Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released six years earlier.
Synopsis
Hotshot businessman Bill Campbell (Broderick) has returned to his hometown of Buzzsaw at the request of his younger sister Marci (Peldon), who is convinced that their stepfather Mayor Van Der Haven (Jones) has been murdered and replaced by his twin brother Matt Skearns.Actors
Matthew Broderick
(Bill Campbell)
Jeffrey Jones
(Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven)
John C. Reilly
(Jim Jr.)
Heidi Kling
(Sally)
Marian Mercer
(Ann Campbell Van Der Haven)
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