When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.
Release Date: 11 March 1994Runtime: 111 min
Stars:
- Bill Cobbs
- Bruce Campbell
- Charles Durning
- Gary Allen
- Harry Bugin
- I.M. Hobson
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Jim True-Frost
- Joe Grifasi
- John Mahoney
- John Seitz
- John Wylie
- Paul Newman
- Roy Brocksmith
- Tim Robbins
Director: Ethan Coen
