Curly Sue
A funny story about a family... And the little girl who started it.
1991 | 101m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Hughes |
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| Writer: | John Hughes |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 25, 1991 |
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| Director: | John Hughes |
| Writer: | John Hughes |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | daughter, homeless person, paternity, rich woman poor man, wealth, poverty, poor, helping the poor, depressing, cliché |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Hughes Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $33,691,313
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peck Prior | Editor |
| Doug Kraner | Production Design |
| Harvey Rosenstock | Editor |
| Samara Schaffer | Set Decoration |
| Wilma Garscadden-Gahret | Script Supervisor |
| Marjorie Fritz-Birch | Set Decoration |
| Lynn M. Morgan | Production Manager |
| Dow Griffith | Location Manager |
| Thomas J. Busch | Location Manager |
| Steven Schwartz | Art Direction |
| Jacqueline King | Casting Assistant |
| Paul Allen | Transportation Coordinator |
| John Hughes | Screenplay, Director |
| Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Jeffrey L. Kimball | Director of Photography |
| Ve Neill | Makeup Artist |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Michael Kaplan | Costume Design |
| Freddie Hice | Stunt Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tarquin Gotch | Executive Producer |
| Lynn M. Morgan | Associate Producer |
| John Hughes | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 24 | 37 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 42 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 24 | 43 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 45 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 33 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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