I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

good back-story, and good acting

Best movie ever!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It's summer of 1981 NYC. Janet Dunn (Kathleen Quinlan) steals secrets and gets into a cab with another passenger Michael Jordon (Gene Wilder). She's in the middle of a vast conspiracy. He's kidnapped by mysterious goons. He manages to escape but the police doesn't believe him. Janet Dunn is killed and Jordon becomes the main suspect. With the world searching for him, he is joined by Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) who is looking for her brother's killer on a cross-country pursuit to uncover the secret conspiracy.The plot has a good slice of Hitchcock's "North by Northwest". It's a bit convoluted. Apparently Sidney Poitier wanted to make another Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder buddy movie before Pryor's death. Gilda Radner comes in to replace him. She shows that she's no shrinking violet and gives Gene Wilder a good partner (on film and in real life). They have a couple of good fun moments. There are far too few of them. This is a manic mess which could have been better if the script and Poitier allow the pair to shine with better material.

Is this supposed to be a comedy. Really? I didn't know. It can't be. This film takes itself way too seriously, at times, it's actually hard to grasp it is a comedy. It's a espionage comedy with hardly any comedy. The real hanky panky is in how we're messed around, as only being afforded a few laughs. There are a couple of amusing moments, be thankful, you've got em'. One magic scene on a bus, plus another scene involving a tubby pilot belching repeatedly, before carking it, where the scene becomes really hairy, amongst the breathtaking altitude of the Grand Canyon. Basically, the story has Wilder, pestering this woman, he's fallen for, while both getting into the same cab. Shortly after, she's murdered, where just before he's given a package, many government people, authorities, are after, mostly of corrupt ilk, though not much is known about these shady, non smiling "don't mess with characters" that includes Richard Widmark. A woman he meets, real life wife, Radner, a musician as I recall, sides with him, to try and clear his innocence as Wilder's no one murder suspect for Quinlan's execution. Really, this movie takes itself way too seriously, and really amongst this seriousness, the story is very vague or tells us little about why Quinlan bought it,where more is known near the end. But the issue here, is it's lack of comedy. HP is a weak sappy comedy, why, because there's hardly any. Stir Crazy fans could really be let down, a big one here, in Poitier's second comedy.

Every time I decide to watch this little gem, I'm reminded of how well it was made and how much I like it! Richard Widmark is one of my favorite actors, and he really adds a nice touch of malicious villainy as he pursues Wilder.I agree that the scene in the airplane is one of the funniest.This film could have been directed by Mel Brooks.I remember Gene Wilder from many other wonderful films: Young Frankenstein, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Silver Streak, The Adventure of Sherlock Holme's Smarter Brother, Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask.It's very hard to find a copy of "Smarter Brother..." but it's well worth the search.You'll enjoy it very much. You've probably seen the others.

I like this movie - based on the 2 stars in it - Gene Wilder & Gilda Radner. They make this flick watchable. They are a sweet and funny comedic duo. I know this movie is billed as a comedy and I feel that the reason for that is - basically because Gene and Gilda are / were COMEDIANS... It's a little funny - It's more like a mystery. Which actually makes for the reason this film is so misunderstood. To put two well-known comedians , head - to - head , in a mystery - wanna - B - comedy ... Well , it speaks for itself. But I like it. It's cute and Gene and Gilda are cute in it. It's not as good as the other films they are in together , but then again - the movie wasn't writtenfor them - and the other movies the two appear in together ARE , most definately COMEDIES.