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Hanky Panky (1982 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hanky Panky' is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Wilder and Radner met during filming and later married.Wilder, Gene. 'Kiss Me Like A Stranger'. HarperCollins, 2005
Plot
Michael Jordon, an architect, accidentally becomes involved in a web of intrigue and murder when a strange woman, who enters a taxi with him, is later found murdered. As a result, he flees from false murder charges. Kate is a woman out to find her brother's killer. Although she and Michael initially believe the other is a killer, they realize otherwise and become a team. They undertake a wild cross-country ride from New York City to the Grand Canyon.
Cast
In addition, Jonathan Winters has an uncredited cameo as a pilot.
Production
The film was developed as a follow-up to the successful Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor film 'Stir Crazy'. However, Pryor chose not to participate and Gilda Radner was brought in as a replacement, with her part rewritten.Leonard Maltin (2003), 'Movie & Video Guide,' p. 575
Reception
Vincent Canby, writing in 'The New York Times', gave the film a mixed review, saying it "is apt to leave you far less exhilarated than exhausted."
Novelization
A $2.50 paperback novelization of the screenplay was published by Pinnacle Books, somewhat in advance of the film's release (as was the custom of the era). The byline is Leslie Jarreau, whichas there are no other works in existence with that authorshipis possibly a pseudonym (novelization assignments, then as now, rarely went to previously unpublished writers, unless they were somehow connected to the film in question). An accurate record, one way or the other, would seem to be lost.
References
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