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Peter Falk and Alan Arkin play the soon-to-be-fathers-in-law in this crazy comedy. Falk is Vincent Ricardo the CIA agent, while Arkin is the mild-mannered dentist Sheldon Kornpett, whose children are getting married in 48 hours. Directed by LOVE STORY's Arthur Hiller this chalk and cheese comedy gem has car chases and gun fire .. Read more

Starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault
Director Arthur Hiller
Genres Comedy

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The In-Laws

Peter Falk and Alan Arkin play the soon-to-be-fathers-in-law in this crazy comedy. Falk is Vincent Ricardo the CIA agent, while Arkin is the mild-mannered dentist Sheldon Kornpett, whose children are getting married in 48 hours. Directed by LOVE STORY's Arthur Hiller this chalk and cheese comedy gem has car chases and gun fire as the two fathers are forced to work together in this pan-South America adventure in the name of young love.

Starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault, Penny Peyser
Director Arthur Hiller
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Comedy
Language English
Released DVD: 26 Jan 2004
Production year: 1979
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Arthur Hiller's frantic screwball variation on the buddy theme is never quite as funny as it thinks it is, but the laughs keep coming thanks to the inspired pairing of Alan Arkin and Peter Falk. Determined to stand by his daughter's prospective father-in-law, Arkin's New York dentist heads off to South America to help Falk's eccentric CIA agent recover some stolen Treasury plates. Some of screenwriter Andrew Bergman's digs at dictator Richard Libertini and his tinpot republic are hardly in the “Good Neighbour” tradition, but the fun mostly lies in the way the possibly barking Falk lures Arkin into ever more ludicrous situations.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Never mind the remake, this is the real deal, a formula comedy raised to heights of hilarity by the kind of off-beam... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Not as funny as it should have been

    My mum walked in the room while I was watching this and she thought I was watching an episode of Columbo... it just proves Falk most famous for being Columbo just acts the same way just altering the deatils of the charactor, but it is still entertaining enough with a very clever script where you honestly aren't aware of what will happen next, but not enough support from the other cast. This could and ultimately should have been much better.

      • Minty from the Midlands
      • Posted 21 Feb 2004 12:23

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  • Rated - 2 stars

    very old film

    this film was ok wud not watch again. its a bit mad at times

      • A customer from manchester
      • Posted 21 Feb 2005 13:46

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      Peter Falk and Alan Arkin play the soon-to-be-fathers-in-law in this crazy comedy. Falk is Vincent Ricardo the CIA agent, while Arkin is the mild-mannered dentist Sheldon Kornpett, whose children are getting married in 48 hours. Directed by LOVE STORY's Arthur Hiller this chalk and cheese comedy ...