Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

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Budget

$22,000,000

Runtime

112 min

Box Office

$26,700,000

Released Dec 1987

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Directed by

Garry Marshall

Written byLeslie Dixon

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Goldie Hawn
Joanna Stayton / Annie Proffitt
Kurt Russell
Dean Proffitt
Edward Herrmann
Grant Stayton III
Mike Hagerty
Billy Pratt
Katherine Helmond
Edith Mintz
Roddy McDowall
Andrew

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