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Taking Care of Business

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Director(s)

Arthur Hiller

Cast & Crew

Andrew Amador

Andrew Amador

Prison Reporter

John de Lancie

John de Lancie

Ted Bradford Jr.

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Spencer Barnes

Veronica Hamel

Veronica Hamel

Elizabeth Barnes

Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes

Luggage Boy

Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo

Warden Toolman

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi

Jimmy Dworski

Ken Foree

Ken Foree

J.B., Prisoner making demands

Mako

Mako

Mr. Sakamoto

Gates McFadden

Gates McFadden

Diane Connors

Stanley DeSantis

Stanley DeSantis

Airport Car Rental Man

Whit Hertford

Whit Hertford

Yuppie Son

John Marshall Jones

John Marshall Jones

LeBradford Brown

Janet Julian

Janet Julian

Woman on Plane

Stephen Elliott

Stephen Elliott

Walter Bentley

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller

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Burke Byrnes

Burke Byrnes

Prison Guard

Loryn Locklin

Loryn Locklin

Jewel Bentley

Buddy Daniels Friedman

Buddy Daniels Friedman

Gang Member

Louisa Abernathy

Louisa Abernathy

Guard

Michael Blue

Michael Blue

Beach House Cop

Anne DeSalvo

Anne DeSalvo

Debbie Lipton

Michael Kinney

Michael Kinney

Malibu Jail Guard

Thom Sharp

Thom Sharp

Mike Steward

Details

GenresComedy
Runtime1h 48 mins
Released on16 Aug 1990
Languageen
Produced InUnited States of America
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Reviews

Svumpukkel85

/10

6/10 Nice filofax... ......said no one ever in 2018! A nostalgic trip to a wierd past. I liked it for a 90's movie, and it is cute, but not very funny. But a feel-gooder and everyone is nice and happy, but somehow brain-dead - like it is supposed to be! But I was surprised how sexist and racist it was in comedy movies from the 90's! Not something I had ever questioned before. Like this fun reviewer noticed: > One of the really great qualities of this movie was just how racist, anti-semitic, and sterotypical it was. Did Spencer get lost in a bad neighborhood and ask for directions, only to get mugged? Yup. Was their a talkative, annoying, single Jewish woman? You betcha. Was the President of the company Japanese, leading to lots of references to their culture like being on time, bowing, respect, and politeness? You know it. [90' sterotypes in comedy](https://www.sportwatchers.com/single-post/2016/12/21/Spovie-Review-Taking-Care-of-Business)

Seragon

/10

Originally released as Filofax it took me a while to find this movie with it's rerelease name of Taking Care of Business. Well worth the search though. One of James (Jim) Belushi's best films along with The Principal. I remember watching the TimeCode VHS (I worked in a video rental shop) about 2 months before it was released on VHS. Still a brilliant movie & even my 14 year old son enjoyed it so stands the test of time well If you like a bit of light hearted comedy with a great actors then I definitely recomend this movie

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