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Weekend at Bernie's is a 1989 American black comedy film written by Robert Klane and directed by Ted Kotcheff. The film stars Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as young insurance corporation employees who discover their boss, Bernie, dead. Discovering Bernie has ordered their deaths to cover up his embezzlement, with orders to refrain from killing them if he is around, they attempt to convince people that Bernie is still alive. The film's commercial success spawned a 1993 sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II.

  • Number of Movies: 2
  • Revenue: $42,960,278

Featured Cast

  1. Andrew McCarthy

    Andrew McCarthy

    Larry Wilson

  2. Jonathan Silverman

    Jonathan Silverman

    Richard Parker

  3. Terry Kiser

    Terry Kiser

    Bernie Lomax

  4. Catherine Mary Stewart

    Catherine Mary Stewart

    Gwen Saunders

  5. Troy Byer

    Troy Byer

    Claudia

  6. Don Calfa

    Don Calfa

    Paulie, Vito's Hit Man

  7. Barry Bostwick

    Barry Bostwick

    Arthur Hummel

  8. Catherine Parks

    Catherine Parks

    Tina, Vito's Girl

  9. Tom Wright

    Tom Wright

    Charles

  10. Eloise DeJoria
  11. Steve James

    Steve James

    Henry

  12. Novella Nelson
  13. Gregory Salata
  14. Stack Pierce

    Stack Pierce

    Claudia's Dad

Featured Crew

  1. Robert Klane

    Robert Klane

    Writing, Directing

  2. Ted Kotcheff

    Ted Kotcheff

    Directing

July 9, 1993

Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?

July 5, 1989

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

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