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Paydirt (1992)

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Film details

Featuring

Jeff Daniels Catherine O'Hara Hector Elizondo
Country

USA
Year

1992
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

There Goes the Neighborhood Alternative

Synopsis

Willis Embris is a prison psychiatrist whose house is burgled and bombed. In the wake of the disaster he decides to fulfill a dying convict's last request to search for a huge amount of money stashed in the basement of a New Jersey home. Two other prisoners overhear the plan and break out in order to get their hands on the money. Unfortunately they get the address wrong.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Jeff Daniels
  - cast member
    
    Catherine O'Hara
  - cast member
    
    Hector Elizondo
  - cast member
    
    Rhea Perlman
  - cast member
    
    Judith Ivey
  - cast member
    
    Jonathan Banks
  - cast member
    
    Harris Yulin
  - cast member
    
    Dabney Coleman
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Bill Phillips
  - Production Company
    
    Kings Road Entertainment
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mort Engelberg
  - Producer
    
    Stephen J. Friedman
  - Co-producer
    
    Jeffrey Sudzin
  - Screenplay
    
    Bill Phillips
  - Director of Photography
    
    Walt Lloyd
  - Editor
    
    Ross, Sharon L.
  - Production Designer
    
    Dean Tschetter
  - Music
    
    David Bell

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