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A Fine Mess

Aug 08, 1986 | IMDB 4.6

90 min Watch Now

Comedy

Two friends discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it, but soon have to deal with the two men who fixed it, the police investigating it, and the mob boss whose amorous wife is mixed up in it.

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Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Vic Polizos, James Cromwell, Dennis Franz

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