Air-Vent Passageway: Harry attempts to spy on his client's Gold Digger wife and her lover (whom he suspects to be the kidnappers of the client's daughter) by pretending to be a repairman and crawling in the vents, which are big enough to accommodate someone the size of John Candy.Acrofatic: Harry, of course, played by the late John Candy.Abhorrent Admirer: Helen views Elliot as this, having less to do with his looks or crooked morals than it has to do with him being relatively dirt poor when compared to Downing.'80s Hair: When we first meet Nikki Downing, her teased hair is truly spectacular - Taylor Dayne would be proud.Tropes found in Who's Harry Crumb? include: It was Uncle Buck later that year that truly established John Candy as a leading man. The film met reasonable box office success, but unenthusiastic reviews. Meanwhile, Harry is also unaware of Elliot Draison's real motives for hiring a clumsy oaf like him for such a big case. What Harry doesn't know is that this case has some interesting complications - P.J.'s Trophy Wife, Helen Downing (Potts), is a ruthless Gold Digger who's aghast that all the money she's been trying to get from him is about to be given away, and she enlists the help of her man on the side, Vince Barnes (Thomerson) to somehow get to the money first. Harry throws himself into his first big job in years, and even gets a surprising amount of assistance from the heiress' plucky younger sister, Nikki Downing (Smith). Downing, who's been kidnapped from her mud bath and is being held for ransom at $10,000,000. His mission? To investigate a case of a missing heiress, Jennifer Downing, daughter of wealthy shipping owner P.J. And then, Crumb & Crumb's president, Elliot Draison (Jones), calls Harry back to the head office in Los Angeles, for the first time in years. His ancestors, who founded the agency Crumb & Crumb, are still famous for their prowess, but that great skill must have skipped a generation - Harry is a Clueless Detective who's been stuck in Tulsa, Oklahoma, doing whatever odd jobs he can find (and fouling them up) and being the only one convinced of his own abilities. Harry Crumb is the latest in a long line of Crumbs, and being a successful detective runs in the Crumb family. Directed by Paul Flaherty, it co-stars Annie Potts, Jeffrey Jones, Shawnee Smith and Tim Thomerson. Who's Harry Crumb? is a 1989 comedy-mystery film featuring the late, great John Candy as the title character. Otherwise I'd be late for all my appointments."
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