"The death of Mona Dearly wasn't so much a whodunnit, as a who didn't."

2000

1h 36m

5.5(195 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Overview

A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Danny DeVito

Chief Wyatt Rash

Bette Midler

Mona Dearly

Neve Campbell

Ellen Rash

Jamie Lee Curtis

Rona Mace

Casey Affleck

Bobby Calzone

William Fichtner

Phil Dearly

Marcus Thomas

Jeff Dearly

Peter Dobson

Lt. Feege Gruber

Kathleen Wilhoite

Lucinda

Tracey Walter

Clarence

Creative team

Directed by: Nick Gomez
Written by: Peter Steinfeld
Produced by: Bart Rosenblatt
Eugene Musso

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