Who's Harry Crumb?

Who's Harry Crumb? is a 1989 American comedy mystery film directed by Paul Flaherty and written by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann. The film stars John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Tim Thomerson, Barry Corbin, and Shawnee Smith. Candy plays Harry Crumb, a well-meaning but inept private investigator and the last descendant of the founders of the Crumb & Crumb detective agency. He is assigned to investigate the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's daughter, unaware that the agency's president, Eliot Draisen (Jones), is responsible for the crime. Who's Harry Crumb? was released by Tri-Star Pictures on February 3, 1989. It opened in fifth place at the North American box office with $3.9 million and ultimately grossed $11 million. Critical reception was general