Name: Opportunity Knocks
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990-03-30
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Dana Carvey, James Tolkan, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell

1990·Comedy·1h 43m

7.1

★

Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.

Directed by Donald Petrie

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mafia

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Cast

Dana Carvey

Eddie

James Tolkan

Sal

Robert Loggia

Milt

Todd Graff

Lou

Julia Campbell

Annie

Milo O'Shea

Max

Doris Belack

Mona

Sally Gracie

Connie

Mike Bacarella

Pinkie

John M. Watson Sr.

Harold Monroe

Jack McLaughlin-Gray

Wine Steward

Del Close

Williamson

Crew

Donald Petrie

Director

Miles Goodman

Original Music Composer

Chris Meledandri

Producer

Brad Grey

Producer

Mark Gordon

Producer

David Chapman

Production Designer

Ilene Starger

Casting Director

Steven Poster

Cinematography

Noon Orsatti

Stunts

Leslie A. Pope

Art Direction

Popular Reviews

6 reviews

musiceater95

10.0★ · 03/16/26

OOOOOOKAAYYY I KNOW IVE BEEN GIVING LOTS OF MOVIES 5 STARS RECENTLY BUT THIS ONE WAS SO GOOD AND QUITE CUTE AS WELL! ive been waiting to watch this one for a while, and it did NOT disappoint. i fear i am a sucker for ANY movie with dana even slightly in it. sorry. also these 1/2 and 1 1/2 ratings just dont get it i guess

i really enjoy that scene where eddie is just playing around in the house with the remote at the start, but honestly this whole movie is hella funny OH AND THE PRESIDENT IMPRESSIONS BROUGHT BACK ONCE AGAIN

the ending was very cute as well GOD DAMN YOU DANA you are so beautiful

another movie with dana's boobs out! that makes TWO movies so far! he shoots, he scores!

"oh my god, someone lives here. and i hate them for it."

Stella

6.0★ · 01/11/26

JoeGeo

6.0★ · 09/13/25

JoeGeo

6.0★ · 09/13/25

JoeGeo

6.0★ · 09/13/25