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Why Me?(Movie, 1990)

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| 1h 27min | Genres: Comedy, Action
Why Me?Rating: 3.0/5 (with 77 votes)
Why Me? is a 1990 American caper comedy film directed by Gene Quintano and starring Christopher Lambert, Kim Greist, Christopher Lloyd, and J. T. Walsh. The screenplay is credited to Donald E. Westlake and Leonard Maas Jr. (a pseudonym of David Koepp), and is based on the fifth book in Westlake's series of John Dortmunder novels. ()
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About Why Me?

A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.

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Why Me? (1990)(Trailer, 1:43)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/20/1990 (World premiere: 02/08/1990)
Director: Gene Quintano
Producer: Irwin Yablans
Executive Producer: Irwin Yablans
Film Editor: Alan Balsam
Director of Photography: Peter Deming
Composer: Phil Marshall
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Die Jagd nach dem Teufelsrubin"
"Warum gerade ich?"
"Why Me - Die Jagd nach dem Teufelsrubin"

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Other movies with this title: Why Me? (CA, 1978), Why Me? (US, 1984), Why Me? (HK, 1985), Why Me? (RO, 2015), Why Me? (2020)

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