MOVIE · 1991

Curly Sue

ComedyDramaFamilyRomance102 min

Chicago drifter Bill Dancer survives by pulling small-time scams with Curly Sue, the orphaned girl who travels everywhere with him. Jim Belushi is Bill, always working the next angle, while Alisan Porter gives Sue the alert presence of a kid who knows how to read a mark. After one con brings them into the orbit of Grey, a successful lawyer, Kelly Lynch’s Grey starts making room in her carefully ordered life for the pair. John Hughes directs as Bill’s hustler habits and Grey’s jealous boyfriend complicate the sudden shift from street corners to a much more comfortable address.