Weekend at Bernie's
6.4/10
Rating
98 min
Runtime
1989
Release Year
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Cast
Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser, Don Calfa
Quick Synopsis
In a coastal town, two young employees at an insurance company discover that their boss has been murdered. To avoid suspicion and uncover the truth, they decide to pretend he is still alive by manipulating his body as if he were conscious. This unusual situation becomes more complicated when a hitman arrives, determined to find and kill their employer, forcing the two men to keep up the charade while dealing with the dangerous threat.
Detailed Synopsis of Weekend at Bernie's
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
