becomes apparent that Sue is completely unable to read or write (despite spelling a difficult word earlier), Grey begins to push even harder for Bill to leave Sue with her. Eventually, Bill realizes this is where Sue belongsin a home, cared for by someone who can give her the advantages his homeless, nomadic existence lacks. Walker eventually, out of spite, turns them in and Sue gets put into welfare, while Bill is arrested because of never actually having had custody of the child. While in jail, Bill encounters the drifter who stole Sue's ring, and forces him to reveal what he did with it. After this happens, Grey arrives to get Bill out of jail, and has also gotten Sue out of welfare. After learning that the drifter took the ring to a pawn shop and sold it, Bill, now knowing where it is, goes there and buys it back after his release. Sue and Grey return to their apartment, and discover the ring, which Sue takes as a sign that Bill has decided the time has come for the two to part ways, leaving her with Grey. However, the ring is accompanied by a note saying he is in the living room. Sue is happy to find Bill, realizing the ring was actually a sign that he is going to give up his old lifestyle so he can stay with Sue and pursue a romance with Grey. The pair legally adopt Sue, and Grey and Bill are subsequently married. The film ends with Grey and Bill dropping Sue off on her first day of school. Cast James Belushi as Bill Dancer Kelly Lynch as Grey Ellison Alisan Porter as Curly Sue John Getz as Walker McCormick Fred Thompson as Bernard Oxbar Branscombe Richmond as Albert Gail Boggs as Ansie Hall Viveka Davis as Trina Barbara Tarbuck as Mrs. Arnold Cameron Thor as Maitre d' Edie McClurg as Secretary Steve Carell as Tesio (credited as Steven Carell; in his film acting debut) Burke Byrnes as Dr. Maxwell John Ashton as Mr. Frank Arnold (uncredited) Release The film debuted at No. 2 at the box office with a gross of $4,974,958 on 1,634 screens. The following weekend it increased its weekend gross by seven percent to $5.3million from the same number of screens and remained in second place. In its third weekend it continued on the same number of screens and