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Weekend at Bernie's

Weekend at Bernie's

Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!

19896.41h 37m

Overview

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Written by Robert Klane
Produced by Bruce McNall, Victor Drai
Box OfficeBudget: $6.5MRevenue: $30.2M

Top Cast

Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

Larry Wilson

Jonathan Silverman

Jonathan Silverman

Richard Parker

Catherine Mary Stewart

Catherine Mary Stewart

Gwen Saunders

Terry Kiser

Terry Kiser

Bernie Lomax

Don Calfa

Don Calfa

Paulie, Vito's Hit Man

Catherine Parks

Catherine Parks

Tina, Vito's Girl

Eloise DeJoria

Eloise DeJoria

Tawny

Gregory Salata

Gregory Salata

Marty

Louis Giambalvo

Louis Giambalvo

Vito

Ted Kotcheff

Ted Kotcheff

Jack Parker

Themes & Keywords

beachbossbad bossmission of murderhousemale corpsemischievoushilariousbewildered

About Weekend at Bernie's

Weekend at Bernie's is a comedy, crime film released in 1989 exploring themes of beach, boss, bad boss, mission of murder, house, male corpse. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, it stars Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart. Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

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