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What's the Worst that Could Happen?

The movie What's the Worst that Could Happen? was based on the book What's the Worst that Could Happen?.

Which one did you like better, the movie or the book?  There are 2 votes for the book, and 4 votes for the movie.

Movie details for What's the Worst that Could Happen?

The movie was released in 2001 and directed by Sam Weisman. What's the Worst that Could Happen? was produced by MGM (Video & DVD). More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com.

Actors on this movie include Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen Ejogo, Bernie Mac, Larry Miller, Nora Dunn, Richard Schiff, William Fichtner, Ana Gasteyer, Sascha Knopf, Siobhan Fallon, GQ, Lenny Clarke, Robin Brown (VII), Mike Moyer, Darra Herman, Julie Jirousek and Kevin Chapman.

 

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Book details for What's the Worst that Could Happen?

What's the Worst that Could Happen? was written by Donald E. Westlake. The book was published in 1997 by Mysterious Press. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

Donald E. Westlake also wrote The Hunter (1962), Slayground (1971), Jimmy the Kid (1974), Two Much (1975) and Why Me? (1983).

  

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When Max Fairbanks, a vastly wealthy and powerful magnate, catches John Dortmunder breaking into his Long Island mansion, he thinks he is dealing with some regular loser. It amuses him to deprive Dortmund of his lucky ring. In Westlake's ingenious and daz... Read More
When Max Fairbanks, a vastly wealthy and powerful magnate, catches John Dortmunder breaking into his Long Island mansion, he thinks he is dealing with some regular loser. It amuses him to deprive Dortmund of his lucky ring. In Westlake's ingenious and dazzling comic thriller, Fairbanks lives to regret that gratuitous humiliation. The engaging Dortmund gathers a band of cronies, and exacts revenge at a series of the rich man's fancy palaces, from a penthouse on Broadway to a fantasy retreat in Las Vegas.