Houseguest (1995)

Director
Randall Miller

Main cast
Sinbad; Phil Hartman; Jeffrey Jones; Kim Greist; Mason Adams

Genres
Comedy, Family

Description
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.


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