Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding Jr, Beverly D'Angelo, Pat Hingle, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, L.Q. Jones...
Runtime:
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MPAA Rating:
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In Theaters:
11 March 1994 USA
Distribution:
Roadshow Entertainment, Touchstone Home Video, Savoy Pictures, National Broadcasting Company, Falcon, Home Box Office Home Video, Buena Vista International
A comedy about two outlaws who just wanted to be wanted.
Lightning Jack Kane, an Australian outlaw who is continuously annoyed at not being recognised as an outlaw, partially due to his lackluster and occasionally completely failed robberies. Whilst attempting a robbery, he takes mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. He later discovers that, tired of never been treated with respect due to his disability, Ben wishes to join him.
Jack attempts to teaches Ben how to shoot a gun and rob banks, with his first attempt at "on-the-job" training ending with Ben shooting himself in the foot. Across the course of the training, they pay occasional visits to saloons where Jack shows Ben the truth about adult life, including helping him to lose his virginity. However, the true nature of the saloon visits is for Jack to make contact with showgirl Lana Castel, who, unbeknownst to Jack, is madly in love with him.
When Ben's training is complete, the pair learn of a bank which is said to be the hardest in the country to rob, the entire town armed and ready to protect it.