"They took him for a fall guy... but he threw them for a hoop."

1994

1h 51m

7.1(1104 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

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Cast & Crew

79 members

Acting

Tim Robbins

Norville Barnes

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Jennifer Jason Leigh

Amy Archer

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Charles Durning

Waring Hudsucker

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Paul Newman

Sidney J. Mussburger

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Jim True-Frost

Buzz

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John Mahoney

Chief

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Bill Cobbs

Moses

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Bruce Campbell

Smitty

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Harry Bugin

Aloysius

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John Seitz

Benny

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Joe Grifasi

Lou

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Roy Brocksmith

Board Member

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I.M. Hobson

Board Member

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John Scanlan

Board Member

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Jerome Dempsey

Board Member

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John Wylie

Board Member

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Gary Allen

Board Member

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Richard Woods

Board Member

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Peter McPherson

Board Member

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David Byrd

Dr. Hugo Bronfenbrenner

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Christopher Darga

Mail Room Orienter

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Patrick Cranshaw

Ancient Sorter

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Robert Weil

Mail Room Boss

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Mary Lou Rosato

Mussburger's Secretary

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Ernest Sarracino

Luigi the Tailor

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Eleanor Glockner

Mrs. Mussburger

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Kathleen Perkins

Mrs. Braithwaite

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Joseph Marcus

Sears Braithwaite of Bullard

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Peter Gallagher

Vic Tenetta

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Noble Willingham

Zebulon Cardozo

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Barbara Ann Grimes

Mrs. Cardozo

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Editing

Thom Noble

Thorstenson Finlandson

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Steve Buscemi

Beatnik Barman

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William Duff-Griffin

Newsreel Scientist

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Anna Nicole Smith

Za-Za

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Pamela Everett

Dream Dancer

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Arthur Bridgers

The Hula-Hoop Kid

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Sam Raimi

Hudsucker Brainstormer

Production

John Cameron

Hudsucker Brainstormer

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Skipper Duke

Mr. Grier

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Jay Kapner

Mr. Levin

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Jon Polito

Mr. Bumstead

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Richard Whiting

Ancient Puzzler

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Linda McCoy

Coffee Shop Waitress

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Stan Adams

Emcee

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John Goodman

Newsreel Announcer (voice)

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Joanne Pankow

Newsreel Secretary

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Mario Todisco

Norville's Goon

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Colin Fickes

Newsboy

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Dick Sasso

Drunk in Alley

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Jesse Brewer

Mailroom Screamer

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Philip Loch

Mailroom Screamer

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Stan Lichtenstein

Mailroom Screamer

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Writing

Todd Alcott

Mailroom Screamer

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Ace O'Connell

Mailroom Screamer

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Richard Schiff

Mailroom Screamer

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Frank Jeffreys

Mailroom Screamer

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Lou Criscuolo

Mailroom Screamer

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Michael Earl Reid

Mailroom Screamer

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Mike Starr

Newsroom Reporter

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David Hagar

Newsroom Reporter

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Writing

Willie Reale

Newsroom Reporter

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Harvey Meyer

Newsroom Reporter

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Tom Toner

Newsroom Reporter

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David Fawcett

Newsroom Reporter

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Jeff Still

Newsreel Reporter

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David Gould

Newsreel Reporter

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Gil Pearson

Newsreel Reporter

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Marc Garber

Newsreel Reporter

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David Massie

Newsreel Reporter

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Mark Jeffrey Miller

Newsreel Reporter

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Peter Siragusa

Newsreel Reporter

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Nelson George

Newsreel Reporter

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Mike Houlihan

Newsreel Reporter

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Ed Lillard

Newsreel Reporter

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Wantland Sandel

New Year's Mob

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James Deuter

New Year's Mob

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Roderick Peeples

New Year's Mob

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Cynthia Baker

New Year's Mob

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