The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
From con man to congressman.
112 min
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
- Release date
- December 4, 1992
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Box office
- $46,666,502
Trailer
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Thomas Jefferson Johnson
- Lane Smith as Dick Dodge
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Miss Loretta
- Joe Don Baker as Olaf Andersen
- Victoria Rowell as Celia Kirby
- Grant Shaud as Arthur Reinhardt
- Kevin McCarthy as Terry Corrigan
- Charles S. Dutton as Elijah Hawkins
- Victor Rivers as Armando
- Chi McBride as Homer
Crew
- Jonathan Lynn · Director
- Marty Kaplan · Writer
- Jonathan Reynolds · Writer
- Leonard Goldberg · Producer
- Michael Peyser · Producer
- Randy Edelman · Composer
- Gabriel Beristain · Cinematographer
- Barry B. Leirer · Editor
- Tony Lombardo · Editor
- Mary Goldberg · Casting director
- Leslie Dilley · Production designer