Lucky Stiff (film)

This article is about the 1988 film. For the 1949 film, see The Lucky Stiff. For the musical, see Lucky Stiff.
Lucky Stiff

DVD cover
Directed by Anthony Perkins
Produced by Miles A. Copeland III
Deborah Moore
Gerald T. Olson
Laurie Perlman
Derek Power
Pat Proft
Written by Pat Proft
Starring Donna Dixon
Joe Alaskey
Music by Tom Jenkins
Michael Tavera
Cinematography Jacques Haitkin
Edited by Michael N. Knue
Tom Walls
Production
company
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Columbia Pictures Home Video (VHS)
Release dates
November 1988 (USA)
Running time
82 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Lucky Stiff is a 1988 American comedy horror film written by comedy writer Pat Proft and directed by Anthony Perkins. It is his only directing credit apart from Psycho III.

Plot

Ron Douglas takes a holiday in the mountains to recover from his bride running away on their wedding day. There he meets Cynthia Mitchell, who invites him home for Christmas dinner with her family, cannibalistic descendants of the Donner Party. He unexpectedly bumps into his ex-fiancee, who is engaged to one of Cynthia's close relatives. He also discovers soon that he is going to be killed, by Cynthia's family and successfully escapes, with his ex-fiancee. They both then get married.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Truckee, California.[1]

Release

The film was released in the United States in November 1988, followed by Australia on December 7, 1989, France on February 21, 1990, and Portugal on March 15, 1991.[2]

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