The Fortune

Sexier than the Marx Brothers, handsomer than Laurel and Hardy but not as smart as The 3 Stooges.

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.

Comedy Crime Romance

Stockard Channing

(Freddie Bigard)

Jack Nicholson

(Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan)

Warren Beatty

(Nicky Wilson)

Ian Wolfe

(Justice of the Peace)

Rose Michtom

(Mrs. Gould)

Brian Avery

(Airline Steward)

Florence Stanley

(Wife of Justice of the Peace)

Dub Taylor

(Rattlesnake Tom)

Catlin Adams

(Girl Lover)

Christopher Guest

(Boy Lover)

Scatman Crothers

(Fisherman)

Tom Newman

(John the Barber)

Jim Antonio

(1st Policeman)

Vic Vallaro

(2nd Policeman)

Richard B. Shull

(Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power)

Kathryn Grody

(Police Secretary)

John Fiedler

(Photographer)

George Roberts

(Officer)

Jerry Trent

(Dancer (uncredited))

Joe Tornatore

(Detective)

Harry Dean Stanton

(Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited))