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Finders Keepers

1984 · 96 min

A breezy, chaotic caper that feels like a madcap train ride full of oddball characters and silly twists.

Tagline
Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, David Wayne and Louis Gossett, Jr. on a coast to coast joy ride.
Overview
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • greed
  • friendship
  • identity
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, adventure, crime
Directed by
Richard Lester
Written by
Charles Dennis, Terence Marsh, Ronny Graham
Starring
Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Ed Lauter, David Wayne, Brian Dennehy, Jack Riley
Music
Ken Thorne
Cinematography
Brian West
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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