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{{Short description|Comedy by John Cassavetes}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Big Trouble
| image = Big Trouble (1986 film).jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster▼
| director = [[John Cassavetes]]▼
▲| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = [[Andrew Bergman|Warren Bogle]]▼
▲| director = [[John Cassavetes]]
| producer = Mike Lobell
▲| writer = [[Andrew Bergman|Warren Bogle]]
| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Peter Falk]] * * * }}
| music = [[Bill Conti]]
| cinematography = [[Bill Butler (cinematographer)|Bill Butler]]
| editing = [[Donn Cambern]]<br />[[Ralph E. Winters]]
| studio = [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|Delphi III Productions]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1986|05|30}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'''''Big Trouble''''' is a 1986 American [[comedy film]]
The film's plot
==Plot==
Leonard Hoffman is a Los Angeles insurance agent with a problem on his hands. He has teenage triplets who are all gifted musicians, but wife Arlene insists that the kids attend college at [[Yale University|Yale]], requiring more than $40,000 in tuition, rather than less expensive schools like nearby [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].
This situation is on Leonard's mind when he pays a business call to the [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] mansion of Steve and Blanche Rickey. He is met by a flirtatious and scantily clad Blanche, who explains a problem of her
A scheme is hatched involving a policy with a double-indemnity clause. Steve has to die in an unexpected fashion for this to happen, but he may or may not cooperate.
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* Jerry Pavlon as Michael Hoffman
* Paul La Greca as Joshua Hoffman
* [[John
* [[Karl Lukas]] as Police Captain
* [[Maryedith Burrell]] as Gail
* Edith Fields as Doris
* [[
* [[Barbara Tarbuck]] as Helen
* [[Warren Munson]] as Jack
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==Reception==
▲"That was a mess," said Andrew Bergman. "I never fixed the ending, and that was the problem. You’ve got to have it when you get it on the floor. You can’t say, ‘Later, we’ll get it straight.’ It’s true in every medium. You’ve got to hit the ground running, and we didn’t. I never had the ending straight."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/01/09/andrew-bergman-on-writing-blazing-saddles-striptease-honeymoon-in-vegas-and-more/|website=Entertainment Weekly|title=Andrew Bergman on writing 'Blazing Saddles,' 'Striptease,' 'Honeymoon in Vegas' and more|first=Marc|last=Snetiker|date=9 January 2015}}</ref>
The film had polarizing response; on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a "Rotten" rating of 17% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10.<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Big Trouble (1986) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/big_trouble|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=2021-01-01 }}</ref> On the other hand, on [[Metacritic]], the film has a rating of 70 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Trouble (1986)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/big-trouble-1986|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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