Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Movie of the Month: The Wrong Guy

One of my favorite Canadian comedies, starring Dave Foley, of “Kids In The Hall” and “News Radio” fame. A film about an executive who thinks he’s being framed for murder. He’s a fugitive in his own mind.

This is my first entry in a new series of posts I plan to do, which will feature some of my favorite movies that may have mostly been overlooked by main-stream media. Each month, I’ll add another of my favorites that I’ve found viewable via streaming media outlets, like YouTube. I hope you enjoy these movies as much as I do.

“The Wrong Guy” is a film about an executive who thinks he’s being framed for murder. A fugitive in his own mind.
Inspired by a sketch Dave Foley wrote during The Kids in the Hall days. Dave has said that it is one of his pieces of work he is most proud of.

Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly, Colm Feore, Joe Flaherty, Kevin McDonald, David Anthony Higgins, Kenneth Welsh, Enrico Colantoni, Dan Redican, Richard Chevolleau, Alan Scarfe, Jay Kogen, David Steinberg, with the Barenaked Ladies as the singing policemen

Co-written by Dave Foley, David Anthony Higgins, and Jay Kogen
Directed by David Steinberg
1997