“You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley.”
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
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Cast & Crew
Woody Harrelson
Roy Munson
Randy Quaid
Ishmael Boorg
Vanessa Angel
Claudia
Bill Murray
Ernie McCracken
Chris Elliott
The Gambler
William Jordan
Mr. Boorg
Nancy Frey-Jarecki
Sarah Boorg
Richard Tyson
Owner Of Stiffy's
Lin Shaye
Landlady
Zen Gesner
Thomas
Prudence Wright Holmes
Mrs. Boorg
Rob Moran
Stanley Osmanski
Daniel Greene
Calvert Munson
Will Rothhaar
Young Roy
Warren Tashjian
Courtesy Call Guy
Mark Charpentier
1979 Bowling Buddy
Brad Faxon
1979 Bowling Buddy
Sayed Badreya
Fatima
Linda Carola
1979 Waitress
Danny Murphy
Beaver Valley Bowl Manager
David Shackelford
Red Neck Stutterer
Rick Barker
Beaver Bowl Hustler
Gretchen Treser
Make-Out Queen
Googy Gress
Lancaster Bowl Manager
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Reviews & Thoughts
_**Farrelly brothers bowling comedy with Harrelson, Quade, Vanessa Angel and Murray**_ A former professional-class bowler (Woody Harrelson) discovers a childlike Amish prodigy in Pennsylvania (Randy Quade). While training him, they hook-up with the earstwhile girlfriend (Vanessa Angel) of a wealthy bowling enthusiast (Rob Moran) and head to a Tournament in Reno, Nevada, where they reaquaint with a conman and competitor (Bill Murray). "Kingpin" (1996) is a Farrelly brothers comedy marred by their usual distasteful elements, e.g. bathroom & sex humor. If you can get past that or roll with it, this is a decent story of redemption with some laughs augmented by the road-movie plot. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was shot in Pennsylvania (Mars, Rochester & Pittsburgh), Nevada (Reno) and New York (Webster). GRADE: B-
