Taking Care of Business

"You are who you pretend to be."

Aug 17 1990 R 1h 48m
Comedy

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Plot

Jimmy Dworski(Jim Belushi) is a criminal serving the last 48 hours of a jail sentence. He wins a couple of baseball tickets by calling a radio quiz show. With help of other inmates, he escapes to go watch the game. When by chance he finds the Filofax of executive Spencer Barns(Charles Grodin) who loses it while traveling on a business weekend. Jimmy finds cash, credit cards and the key to a big mansion. He jumps on the opportunity and starts posing as Barns. While the real Barnes is trying to find his Filofax he gets in all sorts of trouble. How will things turn out when the two finally meet?

Written by

Jill Mazursky, J.J. Abrams

Directed by

Arthur Hiller

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Hollywood Pictures, Silver Screen Partners

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
9,679
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
42
Popularity
NA