In the final Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor pairing, they play a deaf man and a blind man who jointly witness a murder. Most of the humor comes from their schemes to prove their innocence, but probably the best scene is Pryor impersonates a doctor. How gullible can people be?! Also appearing is a young Kevin Spacey as one of the criminals. He and Joan Severance make the perfect criminal pair.
OK, so "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" isn't exactly laugh-out-loud humor like "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy" were, but there's no shortage of laughs anywhere in it. I certainly enjoyed it. Also starring Alan North, Anthony Zerbe, Louis Giambalvo and Kirsten Childs.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
Plot summary
A man is murdered. Two men witness it. A blind man who hears the killer, and a deaf man who sees them. The police don't think they're credible witnesses, but the killers don't want to take any chances. The two men must now work together to save themselves and bring the killers to justice.
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Kevin Spacey as Kirgo
Gene Wilder as Dave Lyons
Lauren Tom as Mitzie
Richard Pryor as Wallace 'Wally' Karue
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not their best, but still funny
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funny duo
Wally Karue (Richard Pryor) is blind and he doesn't like it. Dave Lyons (Gene Wilder) is deaf, and runs a newspaper stand. Wally gets a job from Dave, and quickly becomes fast friends. One day, a man comes in. After an argument with Eve (Joan Severance),she kills him. Both Wally and Dave only partly witness the incident. The incompetent police arrests the duo but then they escape. Eve and Kirgo (Kevin Spacey) are after the duo for a valuable coin.
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder are always fun together. The gimmick allows the guys to have some hilarious back and forth. The mug shot scene was gut busting funny. While the joking around is funny, the caper doesn't work as well. In the end, the movie works as an excuse for the guys to go crazy.
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil - it's funny!
See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a very funny movie! Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are at their very best in this movie and even though it was not as popular or such a box office success as The Silver Streak or Stir Crazy were, I would argue that this movie is still the funniest movie they ever did together.
Pryor plays a blind man with gambling debts who doesn't want to admit he is blind or needs help and Wilder plays a convenience store owner who doesn't want people to know he is deaf. Wilder ends up hiring Pryor to work in his store and through a series of events outside their control they end up framed for a murder and have to go on the run.
Also Kevin Spacey is one of the villains in this movie, doing a British accent.