The Tall Guy

IMDb link: 0098436
IMDb rating: 6.2 (5,265 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Geraldine James and others

Release date: 21 Sep 1990
Release year: 1989
Runtime: 92 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: prop, gorilla costume, female police officer, female rear nudity, director cameo, cameo, satire comedy, cigarette smoking, f word, buttocks

Plot:

Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). He falls in love with Kate (Dame Emma Thompson), a pretty nurse he meets when he is receiving injections for hay fever. When Anderson fires him, he acquires the title role in a musical stage version of "The Elephant Man". Kate dumps him when she suspects he is having an affair with a fellow cast member, and he must win her back.

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