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Released
1989 · FILM

Who's Harry Crumb?

Clumsy private eye Harry Crumb is hired to locate a missing heiress, only to discover the kidnapper is his own boss, forcing him to outwit the very person who hired him before time runs out.

Nerves of steel. Body of iron. Brain of stone.

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Runtime
94 min
ComedyMystery

Synopsis

Harry Crumb is a clumsy and ineffective private investigator who is hired to investigate the kidnapping of a young heiress. He is not expected to succeed in the case, as his employer is the one responsible for orchestrating the kidnapping.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Danford B GreeneShot by Stephen M KatzScored by Michel ColombierDesigned by Trevor Williams

Box Office

1989 · Box office

Grossed $11.0M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$11.0M

Worldwide gross$11.0M

US & Canada: $11.0M 100% of worldwide · International: $18K (0%)

Opening weekend: $3.9M 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.7M43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,197 theaters

Also known as

  • Wer ist Harry Crumb?de
  • Mais qui est Harry Crumb ?fr
  • Chi è Harry Crumb?it

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