the flight, Eugene is stung by a bee and swells to an enormous size, due to an allergy. As he recovers at a field hospital, he talks to a local man who tells about a strange woman who wandered into their village one day. She was so grateful for being taken in by the villagers that she offered to make them all breakfast in the morning, but she ended up burning the village down by accident. Musing that she might be Valerie, Raymond shows the man her picture, and he screams in terror. Raymond and Eugene head towards the burned village in search of Valerie. Eugene nearly drives them off a cliff. After barely escaping, Raymond has had enough of Eugene's dreadful luck. In a rage, he reveals to Eugene that the only reason he was hired to find Valerie was because Monosoff thought Eugene's bad luck would somehow combine with Valerie's to create some good luck. Eugene tries to fight Raymond, but he only manages to knock himself out. Raymond takes Eugene to a local hospital. Realizing that he has befriended Eugene, he asks the nurse to take extra care with him. When Eugene wakes up, he is in a bed next to Valerie, who has also suffered a head wound. They blithely walk off hand in hand. Raymond discovers their empty beds and spots them on the end of a pier. He shouts at Eugene to let him know that he has found Valerie. Eugene stares at her in a daze and asks, "Valerie?" Hearing her name, Valerie recovers her memory. The film ends with the pair floating down the river on a piece of the pier that has broken off and is headed towards a massive waterfall. Cast Martin Short as Eugene Proctor Danny Glover as Raymond Campanella Sheila Kelley as Valerie Highsmith Sam Wanamaker as Highsmith Scott Wilson as Frank Grimes Harry Shearer as Monosoff Jorge Russek as Inspector Segura Rodrigo Puebla as Fernando John H. Brennan as Tyler as Pilot Abel Woolrich as Prisoner Patricia Gage as Secretary Ariane Pellicer as Girl at Club Alexandra Vicencio as Nurse Sharlene Martin as Nurse Reception In 1998, director Nadia Tass reported she was still receiving residuals from the film because of its success in America. It was successful in a financial sense but not in a satisfying sense. It was congenial doing a Martin Short comedy, but