Who's Harry Crumb?

Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) is a slapstick detective comedy starring John Candy that you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Paul Flaherty, the film follows Harry Crumb — a blundering private investigator hired to crack the kidnapping of a millionaire's daughter. He is almost heroically bad at his job.

His boss Elliot Drysdale, played by Jeffrey Jones, assigned Harry on purpose: Drysdale is the kidnapper and figures Harry will never get close to the truth. He's underestimated the wrong man. Harry bumbles through disguises, interrogates the wrong people, accidentally stumbles on evidence, and somehow keeps moving forward. Annie Potts and Shawnee Smith round out the cast as women who see right through him — and that doesn't help Harry one bit.

Candy plays Harry with complete conviction, as if Harry believes himself the greatest detective alive. That gap between his confidence and his competence is where all the comedy lives. Stream Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) online on iFILM.