See No Evil, Hear No Evil

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See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a 1989 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as a blind man and a deaf man who become unwittingly entangled in a murder investigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film
film
boxOfficeGrossUSD ~46000000
characterPlayedBy Gene Wilder
surface form: Dave Lyons – Gene Wilder

Wally Karue – Richard Pryor
cinematography Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Arthur Hiller
distributedBy TriStar Pictures
editedBy Robert C. Jones NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterWithDisability blind protagonist
deaf protagonist
filmingLocation New York City
followedBy Another You
genre comedy film
crime comedy film
hasTheme disability
friendship
mistaken identity
hasTitlePun reference to proverb "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
mainCharacter Dave Lyons
Wally Karue
mpaaRating R
musicBy Stewart Copeland
notableCastPairing Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder comedy duo
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A blind man and a deaf man become unwittingly entangled in a murder investigation.
precededBy Stir Crazy
producer Martin Ransohoff
productionCompany TriStar Pictures
releaseDate 1989-05-12
releaseYear 1989
runtimeMinutes 103
screenGenre buddy comedy
screenwriter Arne Sultan
Earl Barret
Elliott Wald
setInPeriod 1980s
starring Alan North
Anthony Zerbe
Gene Wilder
Joan Severance
Kevin Spacey
Richard Pryor
storyBy Arne Sultan
Earl Barret

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Richard Pryor notableWork See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Pryor notableWork See No Evil, Hear No Evil
subject surface form: Richard Pryor