Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives
A man holding a smaller man in his arms, with a little girl sitting on the smaller man.
Promotional film poster
Directed byFrancis Veber
Written byFrancis Veber
Produced byLauren Shuler Donner
Starring
CinematographyHaskell Wexler
Edited byBruce Green
Music byDavid McHugh
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • January 27, 1989 (1989-01-27)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$40.6 million [1]

Three Fugitives is a 1989 American crime comedy film, written and directed by Francis Veber, starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short, with supporting roles by Sarah Doroff, James Earl Jones, Alan Ruck, and Kenneth McMillan in his final film appearance. It is a remake of Les Fugitifs, a 1986 French comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard also directed by Veber.

The film was popular at the box office, grossing more than $11.9 million its first two weeks of release,[1][2] despite receiving a general negative reception from critics.

The film follows a former notorious bank robber who, on the day he gets out of prison, is randomly taken hostage by another inexperienced bank robber while trying to cash his prison check, leading the police to assume he is behind it. A series of amusing situations ensues as the squabbling pair tries to evade capture.

  1. ^ a b "Three Fugitives". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "Three Fugitives (1989)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 9 March 2023.