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4	''Three Fugitives'' is a 1989 crime comedy directed and written by Creator/FrancisVeber and produced by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. It is an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] of 1986's ''Film/LesFugitifs'', [[SelfRemake which was also directed and written by Veber]].
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6	After five 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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8	!!''Three Fugitives'' provides examples of the following tropes:
9	* 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.
10	* AffectionateNickname: Doctor Horvath, the mad veterinarian, doesn't refer to any of the titular fugitives by their names, instead he refers to Ned by his father's name (George), Meg as a kitten and Lucas as a dog.
11	* BreakTheCutie: Try to separate Meg from Lucas and she will cry, run away into potential danger and finally refuse to eat or speak to anyone.
12	* BrokenTears: Ned, when Meg is returned to her boarding School and Meg as described above.
13	* BumblingDad: Ned is utterly incompetent when it comes to robbing banks and discretely trying to rescue his daughter from her boarding School (on the second attempt).
14	* ButNowIMustGo: Averted whenever Lucas tries to leave Ned and Meg.
15	* CaptainOblivious: Detective Dugan believes Lucas is masterminding Ned's bank robbery when he's clearly Ned's hostage.
16	* CuteMute: Meg, unless Lucas is with her.
17	* DelayedReaction: When Ned and Lucas crawl out of their stolen Datsun, Ned realises his grenade didn't go off, it detonates a split second later.
18	* TheDeterminator: Both Ned and Lucas, largely because they want to avoid going to prison and Ned doesn't want to lose Meg.
19	* DisguisedInDrag: Lucas forces Ned to pretend to be his "wife" Lucille for going to Canada.
20	* FakePregnancy: Lucas forces a disguised Ned to pretend to be in labour by stuffing Meg's teddy bear under his clothes.
21	* FireForgedFriends: Ned and Lucas, crossing over with VitriolicBestBuds.
22	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ned takes Lucas hostage while attempting a bank robbery, guess what happens to Ned once they're in Canada...
23	* InsultOfEndearment: Lucas repeatedly refers to Ned as "Asshole", even when they try to help each other and Meg.
24	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Lucas, he refuses to have anything to do with Meg at first but gradually warms to her.
25	* ManlyTears: Ned is so proud when Meg begs Lucas not to go, he can't help it which is hardly surprising when his daughter has remained mute for 2 years.
26	* 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.
27	* 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.
28	** Averted, see AccidentalKidnapping above.
29	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ned and Lucas' attempt to rescue Meg is almost ruined by Ned's clumsiness and incompetence and Lucas frightening a little girl he'd mistaken for Meg.
30	* PapaWolf: Lucas swears to protect Ned and Meg as well as himself and get them safely to Canada by any means necessary.
31	* ParentalSubstitute: How Meg sees Lucas and he reluctantly becomes one to her.
32	* PinPullingTeeth: Ned does this during the bank robbery. In the process, he rips his pantyhose mask.
33	* TheQuietOne: Meg, even after she's bonded with Lucas, she still doesn't talk much even if she's no longer a CuteMute.
34	* SkywardScream: Lucas when Doctor Horvath pours alcohol on his gunshot wound.
35	** The girl whom Lucas mistakes for Meg, followed by all the other kids in the dormitory.
36	* SuddenlySpeaking: Meg when Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she comes right out and pleads to him "Don't go!"
37	* SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to Canada.
38	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Played with in that it's actually two men and a little girl.
39	* VitriolicBestBuds: Ned and Lucas.

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