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Bill (James Belushi) and Curly Sue (Alisan Porter) are a father-and-daughter team of con artists, who are taken in by lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) after she accidentally hits Bill with her car.
Bill (James Belushi) and Curly Sue (Alisan Porter) are a father-and-daughter team of con artists, who are taken in by lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) after she accidentally hits Bill with her car.


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* [[Family Versus Career]]: A question facing Grey.
* [[Family Versus Career]]: A question facing Grey.
* [[Flopsy]]: Bill tries to pull this on Grey, with Curly Sue playing the concerned bystander ("You've killed him!"). Then Grey accidentally hits him for real ("Now you've ''really'' killed him!").
* [[Flopsy]]: Bill tries to pull this on Grey, with Curly Sue playing the concerned bystander ("You've killed him!"). Then Grey accidentally hits him for real ("Now you've ''really'' killed him!").
* [[Little Miss Con Artist]]: Curly Sue
* [[Little Miss Con Artist]]: Curly Sue.

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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:Curly Sue]]
[[Category:Curly Sue]]
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Latest revision as of 16:53, 2 October 2020

Curly Sue is 1991 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes: his final film as director.

Bill (James Belushi) and Curly Sue (Alisan Porter) are a father-and-daughter team of con artists, who are taken in by lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) after she accidentally hits Bill with her car.

Tropes used in Curly Sue include:
  • Family Versus Career: A question facing Grey.
  • Flopsy: Bill tries to pull this on Grey, with Curly Sue playing the concerned bystander ("You've killed him!"). Then Grey accidentally hits him for real ("Now you've really killed him!").
  • Little Miss Con Artist: Curly Sue.