Who's Harry Crumb?

"Nerves of steel. Body of iron. Brain of stone."

Feb 3 1989 PG-13 1h 34m
Comedy, Mystery

Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.

Plot

Harry is the latest generation of the Crumbs, famous and extremely talented detectives. Unfortunately talent seems to have skipped a generation and Harry is reduced to "gumshoe" work at a remote branch of the Crumb detective agency. Back at headquarters, Crumb executive Elliot Draison hatches an evil plan which requires the inclusion of an incompetent detective. With Harry Crumb on the case Draison thinks everything will run fine for him. Despite his best efforts Crumb actually makes some headway in the case...

Written by

Bob Conte, Peter Wortmann

Directed by

Paul Flaherty

Cast

John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Arnon Milchan Productions, NBC Productions, TriStar Pictures, Frostbacks

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) - Theatrical Trailer
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Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
44
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