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Flirting with Disaster
Flirting with Disaster

Flirting with Disaster

A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.

Genres

Comedy

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Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.

Others

Budget

$7000000

Revenue

$14702438

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

6.204/10

Release Date

22 March 1996

Country

United States of America

Cast

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Mel Coplin

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette

Nancy Coplin

Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni

Tina Kalb

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Pearl Coplin

George Segal

George Segal

Ed Coplin

Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Richard Schlichting

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Mary Schlichting

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Paul Harmon

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Tony Kent

Celia Weston

Celia Weston

Valerie Swaney

Glenn Fitzgerald

Glenn Fitzgerald

Lonnie Schlichting

Beth Stern

Beth Stern

Jane

Cynthia Lamontagne

Cynthia Lamontagne

Sandra

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly

Fritz Boudreau

John Ford Noonan

John Ford Noonan

Mitch

Charlet Oberly

Charlet Oberly

B&B Lady

Nadia Dajani

Nadia Dajani

Jill

Don Creech

Don Creech

Cop #1

Clarke Bittner

Clarke Bittner

Cop #2

Tony Kruk

Tony Kruk

Detective

Jonathan Teague Cook

Jonathan Teague Cook

Sheriff

Steve Moreno

Steve Moreno

Deputy

Tori Davis

Tori Davis

Flight Attendant

Shawn Michael Howard

Shawn Michael Howard

Roger

Suzanne Snyder

Suzanne Snyder

Alternative Wife (unconfirmed)

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