See No Evil, Hear No Evil( 1989)

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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?

Top Billed Cast

Richard Pryor
Wallace 'Wally' Karue
Gene Wilder
Dave Lyons
Joan Severance
Eve
Kevin Spacey
Kirgo
Alan North
Braddock
Lauren Tom
Mitzie
John Capodice
Scotto
Alexandra Neil
Sally
Tonya Pinkins
Leslie
Anthony Zerbe
Sutherland
Kirsten Childs
Adele
Hardy Rawls
Beefy Tourist
Louis Giambalvo
Gatlin
Audrie Neenan
Policewoman and Marilyn
George Bartenieff
Huddelston
Bernie McInerney
Dr. Cornfeld
Keith Langsdale
Male Doctor
Jamie deRoy
Female Doctor
Mary Kay Adams
Dr. Bennett
Alan Pottinger
Parking Attendant
Lisby Larson
Reporter
Doug Yasuda
Professor Kasuda
James Pyduck
Businessman
Edward James Hyland
Cabbie
John Ring
Teller
George Buck
Ray, Security Guard
George Harris
Bartender
Zach Grenier
Jerk
Alice Spivak
Dispatcher
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Walkie-Talkie Cop
Joel Swetow
Cabbie
Pirie MacDonald
Lodge Tourist
Tom Kubiak
Plainclothes Cop

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A review by kevin2019

Written by kevin2019 on Fri Sep 20 2024

"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 lea...