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Career Opportunities

He took the job that no one wanted... and got the girl that everyone did.

1991 · PG-13 · 1h 23m

Directed by Bryan Gordon

6.9

TMDB audience score
783 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

After falling asleep in a Target dressing room, an unhappy heiress wakes up locked inside the store overnight with a local slacker and notorious liar, leading the two unlikely companions to bond over their shared desire to escape their lives.

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Cast

  • Frank Whaley
    Jim Dodge

  • Jennifer Connelly
    Josie McClellan

  • Dermot Mulroney
    Nestor Pyle

  • Kieran Mulroney
    Gil Kinney

  • John M. Jackson
    Bud Dodge

  • Jenny O'Hara
    Dotty Dodge

  • Noble Willingham
    Roger Roy McClellan

  • Nada Despotovich
    Penny Dodge

  • Reid Binion
    Cal Dodge

  • Barry Corbin
    Officer Don

  • Denise Galik
    Lorraine

  • Wilbur Fitzgerald
    Bob Bosenbeck

  • Dan Albright
    Dave Hockner

  • Marc Clement
    Otis

  • Andrew Winton
    Boy #1

  • John Candy
    C.D. Marsh (uncredited)

  • William Forsythe
    Custodian

  • Andy Greenway
    Boy #2