Hanky Panky (1982 film)

Hanky Panky is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Wilder and Radner met during filming and later married.[1]

Hanky Panky
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySidney Poitier
Produced byMartin Ransohoff
Written byHenry Rosenbaum
David Taylor
Starring
Music byTom Scott
CinematographyArthur J. Ornitz
Edited byHarry Keller
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 4, 1982 (1982-06-04)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$9 million (domestic)

Plot

An architect named Michael Jordon accidentally gets caught up in a web of intrigue and murder when he ends up on the run on false murder charges. Kate is a woman out to find her brother's killer. The two team up, but not before first thinking the other is the killer. The duo end up on a wild cross-country ride from New York City to the Grand Canyon.

Cast

Production

The film was developed as a follow-up to the successful Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor film Stir Crazy. However, Pryor chose not to participate and Gilda Radner as brought in as a replacement, with her part rewritten.[2]

Reception

Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, gave the film a mixed review, saying it "is apt to leave you far less exhilarated than exhausted."[3]

Novelization

A $2.50 paperback novelization of the screenplay was published by Pinnacle Books, somewhat in advance of the film's release (as was the custom of the era). The byline is Leslie Jarreau, which—as there are no other works in existence with that authorship—is possibly a pseudonym (novelization assignments, then as now, rarely went to previously unpublished writers, unless they were somehow connected to the film in question). An accurate record, one way or the other, would seem to be lost.

References
  1. Wilder, Gene. Kiss Me Like A Stranger. HarperCollins, 2005
  2. Leonard Maltin (2003), Movie & Video Guide, p, 575.
  3. Canby, Vincent (1982-06-04). "Movie Review - Hanky Panky - POITIER'S 'HANKY PANKY' - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
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