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* AdultFear: Ned resorts to robbing banks and breaking into Meg's Specialist School just to avoid losing custody of her.
** Also when Lucas attempts to leave Ned and Meg, the latter is so distraught, she runs away from her father, right through oncoming traffic and is approached by an old man on a park bench who turns her into the cops.
** Also when Lucas attempts to leave Ned and Meg, the latter is so distraught, she runs away from her father, right through oncoming traffic and is approached by an old man on a park bench who turns her into the cops.
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A mildly successful crime comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort.
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The film was a ForeignRemake of ''Film/LesFugitifs''.
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[[caption-width-right:219:They rob banks, she steals hearts]]
A mildly successful Crime-Comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. After 5 years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Creator/AlanRuck) where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Creator/SarahRowlandDoroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Creator/KennethMcmillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada.
[[caption-width-right:219:They rob banks, she steals hearts]]
A mildly successful Crime-Comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. After 5 years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Creator/AlanRuck) where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Creator/SarahRowlandDoroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Creator/KennethMcmillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada.
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* CaptainOblivious: Detective Dugan believes Lucas is masterminding Ned's bank robbery when he's clearly Ned's hostage.
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A mildly successful Crime-Comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. After 5 years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Alan Ruck) where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Sarah Rowland Doroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Kenneth Mcmillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada.
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A mildly successful Crime-Comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. After 5 years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Alan Ruck) (Creator/AlanRuck) where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Sarah Rowland Doroff) (Creator/SarahRowlandDoroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Kenneth Mcmillan) (Creator/KennethMcmillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Meg when Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she immediately pleads to him "Don't go!"
* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to Canada.
* WhamLine: See SuddenlyVoiced.
* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to Canada.
* WhamLine: See SuddenlyVoiced.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: SuddenlySpeaking: Meg when Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she immediately breaks from being a CuteMute and pleads to him "Don't go!"
* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey toCanada.
* WhamLine: See SuddenlyVoiced.Canada.
* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to
* WhamLine: See SuddenlyVoiced.
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The film was a ForeignRemake of ''Les Fugitifs''.
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The film was a ForeignRemake of ''Les Fugitifs''.''Film/LesFugitifs''.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Meg is a CuteMute until Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she immediately pleads to him "Don't go!"
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Meg is a CuteMute until when Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she immediately pleads to him "Don't go!"
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* MissingMom: Meg's mother passed away 2 years earlier, leading to her father having a nervous breakdown and losing his job and her becoming a CuteMute.
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* ParentalSubstitute: How Meg sees Lucas and he reluctantly becomes one to her.
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* TheDeterminator: Both Ned and Lucas, largely because they want to avoid going to prison and Ned doesn't want to lose Meg.
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** All the other kids in Meg's Boarding School after the girl whom Lucas mistook for Meg screams and wakes them up.
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** All The girl whom Lucas mistakes for Meg, followed by all the other kids in Meg's Boarding School after the girl whom Lucas mistook for Meg screams and wakes them up.dormitory.
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** All the other kids in Meg's Boarding School after the girl whom Lucas mistook for Meg screams and wakes them up.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Meg kneeling over Lucas after he collapses in a tunnel and falling asleep by his side, by the time he comes to and notices her, he pulls her up close to him.
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* DelayedReaction: When Ned and Lucas crawl out of their stolen Porsche, Ned realises his grenade didn't go off, it detonates a split second later.
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* DelayedReaction: When Ned and Lucas crawl out of their stolen Porsche, Datsun, Ned realises his grenade didn't go off, it detonates a split second later.
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The film was a ForeignRemake of ''Les Fugitifs''.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to Canada.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to Canada.Canada.
* WhamLine: See SuddenlyVoiced.
* WhamLine: See SuddenlyVoiced.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Meg is a CuteMute until Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she immediately pleads to him "Don't go!"
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ned and Lucas' attempt to rescue Meg from her specialist school is almost ruined by Ned's clumsiness and incompetence and Lucas frightening a little girl he'd mistaken for Meg.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ned and Lucas' attempt to rescue Meg from her specialist school is almost ruined by Ned's clumsiness and incompetence and Lucas frightening a little girl he'd mistaken for Meg.
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** Averted, see AccidentalKidnapping above.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: Averted, when Ned and Lucas attempt to rescue Meg, Lucas nearly rescues another little girl he'd mistaken for Meg until Ned points this out.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ned and Lucas' attempt to rescue Meg from her specialist school is almost ruined by Ned's clumsiness and incompetence and Lucas frightening a little girl he'd mistaken for Meg.
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* MistakenIdentity: Detective Dugan believes Lucas to have masterminded Ned's attempted bank robbery even when it's blatantly obvious that Lucas is Ned's hostage.
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A mildly successful Crime-Comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. After 5 years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Alan Ruck) where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Sarah Rowland Doroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Kenneth McMillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada.
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A mildly successful Crime-Comedy released in 1989 by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. After 5 years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Alan Ruck) where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Sarah Rowland Doroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Kenneth McMillan) Mcmillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ned takes Lucas hostage while attempting a bank robbery, guess what happens to Ned once they're in Canada...
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* DisguisedInDrag: Lucas forces Ned to pretend to be his "wife" for going to Canada.
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* DisguisedInDrag: Lucas forces Ned to pretend to be his "wife" Lucille for going to Canada.
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* BrokenTears: Ned, when Meg is returned to the Specialist School and Meg as described above.
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* InsultofEndearment: Lucas repeatedly refers to Ned as "Asshole", even when they try to help each other and Meg.
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* InsultofEndearment: InsultOfEndearment: Lucas repeatedly refers to Ned as "Asshole", even when they try to help each other and Meg.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Meg kneeling over Lucas after he collapses in a tunnel and falling asleep by his side, by the time he comes to and notices her, he pulls her up close to him.
