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Comedy

Taking Care of Business

- You are who you pretend to be.

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Release Date : 1990-08-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Silver Screen PartnersHollywood Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jim Belushi

Character Name : Jimmy Dworski

Original Name : Jim Belushi

Gender : Male

Charles Grodin

Character Name : Spencer Barnes

Original Name : Charles Grodin

Gender : Male

Anne DeSalvo

Character Name : Debbie Lipton

Original Name : Anne DeSalvo

Gender : Female

Loryn Locklin

Character Name : Jewel Bentley

Original Name : Loryn Locklin

Gender : Female

Stephen Elliott

Character Name : Walter Bentley

Original Name : Stephen Elliott

Gender : Male

Héctor Elizondo

Character Name : Warden Toolman

Original Name : Héctor Elizondo

Gender : Male

Veronica Hamel

Character Name : Elizabeth Barnes

Original Name : Veronica Hamel

Gender : Female

Mako

Character Name : Mr. Sakamoto

Original Name : Mako

Gender : Male

Gates McFadden

Character Name : Diane Connors

Original Name : Gates McFadden

Gender : Female

John de Lancie

Character Name : Ted Bradford Jr.

Original Name : John de Lancie

Gender : Male

Thom Sharp

Character Name : Mike Steward

Original Name : Thom Sharp

Gender : Male

Ken Foree

Character Name : J.B., Prisoner making demands

Original Name : Ken Foree

Gender : Male

Burke Byrnes

Character Name : Prison Guard

Original Name : Burke Byrnes

Gender : Male

Stanley DeSantis

Character Name : Airport Car Rental Man

Original Name : Stanley DeSantis

Gender : Male

Buddy Daniels Friedman

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Buddy Daniels Friedman

Gender : Male

Chris Barnes

Character Name : Luggage Boy

Original Name : Chris Barnes

Gender : Male

Andrew Amador

Character Name : Prison Reporter

Original Name : Andrew Amador

Gender : Male

Louisa Abernathy

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Louisa Abernathy

Gender : Female

Michael Kinney

Character Name : Malibu Jail Guard

Original Name : Michael Kinney

Gender : Male

John Marshall Jones

Character Name : LeBradford Brown

Original Name : John Marshall Jones

Gender : Male

Michael Blue

Character Name : Beach House Cop

Original Name : Michael Blue

Gender : Male

Janet Julian

Character Name : Woman on Plane

Original Name : Janet Julian

Gender : Female

Whit Hertford

Character Name : Yuppie Son

Original Name : Whit Hertford

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Svumpukkel85

@Svumpukkel85

2021-06-23

6/10 Nice filofax... ......said no one ever in 2018! A nostalgic trip to a wierd past. I liked it for a 90's movie, and it is cute, but not very funny. But a feel-gooder and everyone is nice and happy, but somehow brain-dead - like it is supposed to be! But I was surprised how sexist and racist it was in comedy movies from the 90's! Not something I had ever questioned before. Like this fun reviewer noticed: > One of the really great qualities of this movie was just how racist, anti-semitic, and sterotypical it was. Did Spencer get lost in a bad neighborhood and ask for directions, only to get mugged? Yup. Was their a talkative, annoying, single Jewish woman? You betcha. Was the President of the company Japanese, leading to lots of references to their culture like being on time, bowing, respect, and politeness? You know it. [90' sterotypes in comedy](https://www.sportwatchers.com/single-post/2016/12/21/Spovie-Review-Taking-Care-of-Business)

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Seragon

@Seragon

2023-05-17

Originally released as Filofax it took me a while to find this movie with it's rerelease name of Taking Care of Business. Well worth the search though. One of James (Jim) Belushi's best films along with The Principal. I remember watching the TimeCode VHS (I worked in a video rental shop) about 2 months before it was released on VHS. Still a brilliant movie & even my 14 year old son enjoyed it so stands the test of time well If you like a bit of light hearted comedy with a great actors then I definitely recomend this movie