Finders Keepers

Year: 1984

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Lester

Comedy

Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, David Wayne, and Louis Gossett Jr. embark on a coast‑to‑coast escapade. Scam artist Michael Rangeloff, fleeing police and a rival female roller‑derby crew, hijacks a coffin and hops aboard a train, posing as a soldier repatriating a fallen comrade. The journey and the mysterious coffin soon deliver far more trouble than he expected.

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