The Distinguished Gentleman
From con man to congressman.
S.Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
- Director
- Jonathan Lynn
- Worldwide
- $47M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Distinguished Gentleman returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $47M
- Release date
- Dec 4, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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