See No Evil, Hear No Evil

5/12/19891h 42m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it. ~

Overview:

A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot, but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$18,000,000.00

Revenue:

$46,900,000.00

Key words:

blindness and impaired vision
friendship
deaf
villainess
suspicion of murder
witness
slapstick comedy
murder
blindness

Cast

Richard Pryor

~ as ~

Wallace 'Wally' Karue

Gene Wilder

~ as ~

Dave Lyons

Joan Severance

~ as ~

Eve

Kevin Spacey

~ as ~

Kirgo

Alan North

~ as ~

Braddock

Alexandra Neil

~ as ~

Sally

John Capodice

~ as ~

Scotto

Tonya Pinkins

~ as ~

Leslie

Mary Kay Adams

~ as ~

Dr. Bennett

Lauren Tom

~ as ~

Mitzie

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Reviews (1)

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kevin2019
Written 1 year(s) ago
8
"See No Evil, Hear No Evil" is a very entertaining film and it is the perfect vehicle for the combined talents of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder simply because it takes a straight forward central idea - Pryor is blind and Wilder is deaf - and it proceeds to place the pair in a succession of outrageous situations which quite frankly only they could perform as realistically as they do. This film also serves up a really generous ration of genuine laughs and it provides an empowering and positive attitude towards disability and as Wilder's character David Lyons comments at one point they are the least well equipped men to be doing what they are doing, but instead of this obstacle being a deterrent and a reason to give up it only serves to propel them forward.