The Gumshoe Kid

The Gumshoe Kid

He Wanted Action. He Wanted Adventure. He Never Thought It Would Come In This Shape.

R 1990 · 98 min · ★ 4.0 · Comedy

Originally bound for Harvard, Jeff joins the family detective business to save his mother and sister from eviction. He learns the ropes quickly when a gangster hires him to find out if his bombshell fiancee is two-timing him. Shadowing her every movement - and eyeing her every curve - Jeff lands in real hot water, not to mention a hot shower, when thugs kidnap her lover and try to get him. Now they're both on the run - from the mob, from the police (who might be working with the mob), and from his mother (who might pose the biggest danger of them all)!

Directed by Joseph Manduke · Written by Victor Bardack

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Jay Underwood Jeff Sherman
Tracy Scoggins Rita Benson
Vince Edwards Ben Sherman
Arlene Golonka Gracie Sherman
Pamela Springsteen Mona Krause
Amy Lynne Emily Sherman
Xander Berkeley Monty Griswold
Gino Conforti Morton Meester
Biff Yeager Capt. Billings
Miguel Sandoval Carl Ortega
Tim Haldeman Kruger
David Dunard Ralph Fitzgerald

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