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6.5

Kingpin

PG-13·1996·114m

Comedy

Summary

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

Cast

Woody Harrelson

Roy Munson

Randy Quaid

Ishmael Boorg

Vanessa Angel

Claudia

Bill Murray

Ernie McCracken

Chris Elliott

The Gambler

William Jordan

Mr. Boorg

Nancy Frey-Jarecki

Sarah Boorg

Richard Tyson

Owner Of Stiffy's

Lin Shaye

Landlady

Zen Gesner

Thomas

Prudence Wright Holmes

Mrs. Boorg

Rob Moran

Stanley Osmanski

Daniel Greene

Calvert Munson

Will Rothhaar

Young Roy

Mark Charpentier

1979 Bowling Buddy

Brad Faxon

1979 Bowling Buddy

Sayed Badreya

Fatima

Linda Carola

1979 Waitress

Danny Murphy

Beaver Valley Bowl Manager

David Shackelford

Red Neck Stutterer

Rick Barker

Beaver Bowl Hustler

Gretchen Treser

Make-Out Queen

Willie Garson

Purse Snatcher

Googy Gress

Lancaster Bowl Manager

Suzan Hughes

Cocktail Waitress

Michael Corrente

Scranton Wino

Herbie Flynn

Scranton Wino

Hank Brandt

Bowling Priest

Libby Langdon

Skidmark's Squirrel

Liza Oxnard

Tavern Drunk

Lorri Bagley

Beautiful Dancer

Steve Tyler

Gas Station Attendant

Nancy Farrelly

Nouchi's Gal

Cynthia Farrelly Gesner

Silver Legacy Maid

Morganna

Self

Victoria Scott D'Angelo

Unified Fund Mom

Jonathan Richman

Tavern band

Lou Consolo

Stiffy's Goon (as Louis Charles Consolo)

Crew

Director

Bobby Farrelly

Director

Peter Farrelly

Writer

Barry Fanaro

Writer

Mort Nathan

Reviews

Wuchak

June 4, 2020

_**Farrelly brothers bowling comedy with Harrelson, Quade, Vanessa Angel and Murray**_

A former professional-class bowler (Woody Harrelson) discovers a childlike Amish prodigy in Pennsylvania (Randy Quade). While training him, they hook-up with the earstwhile girlfriend (Vanessa Angel) of a wealthy bowling enthusiast (Rob Moran) and head to a Tournament in Reno, Nevada, where they reaquaint with a conman and competitor (Bill Murray).

"Kingpin" (1996) is a Farrelly brothers comedy marred by their usual distasteful elements, e.g. bathroom & sex humor. If you can get past that or roll with it, this is a decent story of redemption with some laughs augmented by the road-movie plot.

The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was shot in Pennsylvania (Mars, Rochester & Pittsburgh), Nevada (Reno) and New York (Webster).

GRADE: B-