Year: 1991
Runtime: 101 mins
Language: English
Director: John Hughes
Bill, a penniless drifter, cons strangers just enough to keep himself and his partner—an orphan girl called Curly Sue—alive. They set their sights on Grey, a yuppie lawyer, hoping to swindle her. Unexpectedly, Grey grows fond of the scrappy duo, complicating the scheme, especially when her jealous, manipulative boyfriend Walker intervenes.
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