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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)

19946.61h 26m

Overview

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

Directed by Tom Shadyac
Written by Jack Bernstein, Jim Carrey, Tom Shadyac
Produced by James G. Robinson
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $107.2M

Top Cast

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

Ace Ventura

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Melissa Robinson

Sean Young

Sean Young

Lt. Lois Einhorn

Tone Loc

Tone Loc

Emilio

Dan Marino

Dan Marino

Dan Marino

Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham

Riddle

Troy Evans

Troy Evans

Roger Podacter

Raynor Scheine

Raynor Scheine

Woodstock

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Ronald Camp

Frank Adonis

Frank Adonis

Vinnie

Themes & Keywords

miami, floridadolphindetectivehuman animal relationshipstupiditymascotslapstick comedyanimalsprivate detectivepets

About Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a comedy, mystery, crime film released in 1994 exploring themes of miami, florida, dolphin, detective, human animal relationship, stupidity, mascot. Directed by Tom Shadyac, it stars Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young. He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

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