The Distinguished Gentleman
About The Distinguished Gentleman
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S.
Jonathan Lynn's The Distinguished Gentleman is a 1992 comedy film. At 112 minutes long, it arrived in December 1992.
The film is filed under falling in love, greed, businessman, and bribery.
Eddie Murphy takes the lead as Thomas Jefferson Johnson, Lane Smith as Dick Dodge, Sheryl Lee Ralph as Miss Loretta, and Joe Don Baker as Olaf Andersen. The screenplay is by Marty Kaplan. Produced by Touchwood Pacific Partners 1. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Starz Apple TV channel in the United States.
You've Got Mail and Scrooge make useful companions to The Distinguished Gentleman. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 340 votes and it carries a R rating.