SnoopyStyle Phoebe (Sean Young) spent all her money to move to Rome but she gets stood up. With no money, she notices a Dachshund Lost ad in the newspaper with $5k reward. The owner is in Monte Carlo and unemployed actor Julian Peters (Richard Lewis) joins her for a cut. On the train there, Julian sells the dog to Augie Morosco (John Candy) who married Elena (Ornella Muti) for her money. Neil Schwary (Jim Belushi) is going for the gambling but his wife Marilyn (Cybill Shepherd) is leery of him wasting all their money. Julian and Phoebe get kicked off the train for not having vet papers for the dog. They finally arrive to find the owner dead. Inspector Bonnard (Giancarlo Giannini) leads the investigation and Julian becomes a suspect. Neil steals a suitcase and finds a dead body inside. Alfonso de la Pena (George Hamilton) is a local gigolo.These are all unlikable ugly American characters. A manic John Candy gambling from one table to the next is almost funny. It's chaos. The screwball comedy falls flat. I wouldn't mind Bonnard putting every one of them in prison. Eugene Levy as a director may not be the best but the writing is no winner either. The cast is stacked but this is simply not funny.

MovieAddict2016 I saw this ages ago when I was younger and could never remember the title, until one day I was scrolling through John Candy's film credits on IMDb and noticed an entry named "Once Upon a Crime...". Something rang a bell and I clicked on it, and after reading the plot summary it brought back a lot of memories.I've found it has aged pretty well despite the fact that it is not by any means a "great" comedy. It is, however, rather enjoyable and is a good riff on a Hitchcock formula of mistaken identity and worldwide thrills.The movie has a large cast of characters, amongst them an American couple who find a woman's dog while vacationing in Europe and decide to return it to her for a reward - only to find her dead body upon arrival. From there the plot gets crazier and sillier and they go on the run after the police think they are the killers.Kind of a mix between "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" and a lighter Hitchcock feature, this was directed by Eugene Levy and he managed to get some of his good friends - such as John Candy - to star in it. The movie is mostly engaging due to its cast, and the ending has a funny little twist that isn't totally unpredictable but also is kind of unexpected.

Artemis-9 I came across this comedy on channel TV during my usual zapping exercises. I'm too old, have seen too much, know too many movies by heart... Something caught my attention, and that was well before Sybill Sheperd put on her 'old' black dressing gown. I stayed on until the film ended, and liked it a lot.Know what? A few days ago I was doing my zapping again, and came across a title, Once Upon a Crime, just as film credits were rolling. I thought it was a funny title, and stayed to see it what it was about. Soon I was laughing, then I discovered it was the same entertaining comedy, and stayed on until the film ended, and liked it more.Believe me: if this comedy makes me laugh out loud three times in a second viewing, barely two months from the first, it's because it is decidedly good.

acooke and this flick has got a ton of them. I love the cast first of all. Richard Lewis and Jim Belushi play kinda blumbling goofballs. Lewis' interactions with Sean Young are first rate. The line about "that picture comes in every wallet" is classic. John Candy is good with the accent and acting nervous all the time. In general this film has that "mysterious-but-not-quite-scary" feel to it. George Hamilton plays, well.....George Hamilton. Great cast, great laughs.....this film rocks....watch it with your girlfriend.....