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Man Trouble
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.
1992 · Directed by Bob Rafelson · 100 min · Comedy · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 6 frames
Tagline
He Plans To Steal...More Than Her Heart.
Plot
Harry Bliss runs a guard dog service and is going through counseling with his wife Adele. A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, so when the apartment of classical singer Joan Spruance is ransacked and she starts receiving threatening phone messages, Joan moves into the Hollywood Hills home of her sister Andy Ellerman. Joan does not feel safe at Andy's home because she is harassed by Andy's ex-lovers. She hires a guard dog from Harry's company and Harry is soon providing more than protection for the beautiful singer.
Harry is a natural-born liar who, because of his profession, feels that he lives by a code of honor – even if he cannot quite explain it – as one thing after another spins out of his control. Joan is soft and vulnerable as she is badgered by her conductor husband Lewie Duart, harassed by unknown callers, menaced by men from Andy's past and "helped" by Harry.
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Crew
- Written by: Carole Eastman
- Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
- Edited by: William Steinkamp
- Music: Georges Delerue
- Production design: Mel Bourne
- Produced by: Bruce Gilbert, Carole Eastman
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Harry Bliss
- Ellen Barkin as Joan Spruance
- Harry Dean Stanton as Redmond Layls
- Beverly D'Angelo as Andy Ellerman
- Michael McKean as Eddy Revere
- Saul Rubinek as Laurence Moncrief
- Viveka Davis as June Huff
- Veronica Cartwright as Helen Dextra
- David Clennon as Lewie Duart
- John Kapelos as Detective Melvenos
Production
- Country: Italy, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Penta Entertainment, American Filmworks, Budding Grove, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $4,096,030
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