

Curly Sue(1991)
"A funny story about a family... And the little girl who started it."
Overview
Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.
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Jim Belushi
Bill Dancer

Alisan Porter
Curly Sue

Kelly Lynch
Grey Ellison

John Getz
Walker McCormick

Steve Carell
Tesio

Fred Thompson
Bernard Oxbar

Edie McClurg
Secretary

Viveka Davis
Trina

Gail Boggs
Anise Hall

Ralph Foody
Drifter

Burke Byrnes
Dr. Maxwell

Barbara Tarbuck
Mrs. Arnold

Adele Robbins
DCFS Caseworker

Ely Pouget
Dinah Tompkins

Cameron Thor
Maitre d'

Branscombe Richmond
Albert
Charles Adams
Prison Guard
James W. Boinski
Pawnbroker
Lyle Browne
Theater Patron
Nadine Burke
Social Worker
Carol Chickering
Soprano
Grace Collette
Foster Mother
Cedrick Pipes
Cook
Alonzo Hall
Cook
Luke Reichle
Store Clerk 1
Joel Levin
Store Clerk 2
Tammy Karabas
Store Clerk 3
Patricia Hooker
Store Clerk 4

Joe Liss
Ticket Taker
Rocco Pecirno
Father of the Bride
Susan Mayer
Woman with Champagne Glass

John Ashton
Frank Arnold
James DeAngelo
Hobo
Brian Reed Garvin
Theater Manager
Karen Jensen-Clark
Theater Patron

Shon Little
Federico
Larry Nazimek
Homeless Person
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
State Trooper
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