The Wrong Guy

The Wrong Guy

Infobox Film | name = The Wrong Guy


caption = "The Wrong Guy" film poster
director = David Steinberg
producer = Jon Slan
Janet E. Cuddy
Martin Walters
writer = Dave Foley
David Anthony Higgins
Jay Kogen
starring = Dave Foley
David Anthony Higgins
Jennifer Tilly
Joe Flaherty
music = Lawrence Shragge
cinematography = David A. Makin
editing = Christopher Cooper
distributor = Lions Gate Films
released = August 1, 1997
runtime = 92 minutes
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0120536

"The Wrong Guy" is a 1997 Canadian comedy film directed by David Steinberg. It was co-written by Dave Foley of "The Kids in the Hall" and "Newsradio" fame, along with David Anthony Higgins and Jay Kogen (the latter of The Simpsons writing fame). Foley also stars in the picture, along with David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly and Colm Feore.

ynopsis

"The Wrong Guy" tells the story of dorky executive Nelson Hibbert (Foley), who gets passed over for a promotion. Upon hearing this, he ends up shouting "I'll kill you!" as security drags him from the board room. Later, when he goes to confront his boss (Kenneth Welsh), he finds that the man has already been murdered, and, due to the scene he made earlier, assumes that he will be mistaken for the murderer. Nelson flees, unaware that security cameras have already revealed the identity of the true killer to the authorities. Nelson tries to escape to Mexico, but along the way he meets both someone he doesn't know is the real killer (Feore) and the murder's investigator, Detective Arlen (Higgins). Thanks to a series of strange coincidences that leads Nelson to believe the detective is after him and the killer to believe Nelson is after him, what follows is a bizarre series of misadventures marked with slapstick routines, constant one-liners,

Cast

Trivia

* The members of Barenaked Ladies made cameos as singing policemen.
* During the scene where Dave Foley flips himself into a dumpster, he accidentally sprained his ankles, and shooting had to be postponed for 10 days.
* The script was originally inspired by a skit Foley himself wrote back during his days with "Kids In The Hall."

External links

*imdb title|id=0120536|title=The Wrong Guy


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