Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and John Candy based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story, with a screenplay by Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris. It was directed by Walter Hill. Monty Brewster is an aging minor league baseball pitcher with the (fictional) Hackensack Bulls. After he and his best friend Spike Nolan (John Candy) are arrested and con... more

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and John Candy based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story, with a screenplay by Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris. It was directed by Walter Hill. Monty Brewster is an aging minor league baseball pitcher with the (fictional) Hackensack Bulls. After he and his best friend Spike Nolan (John Candy) are arrested and consequently given their flat-out release from the Bulls; they soon discover a cameraman they believe to be a scout for the New York Mets was actually hired to find Brewster and bring him to a NY law office. Brewster suddenly finds that his recently deceased long-lost great-uncle was an eccentric multi-millionaire who was also his only living relative includes him in his will. Under the terms of the will, Brewster is challenged to spend $30 million within 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. There are some conditions attached: at the end of... less