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Plot summary

A cunning nurse and con artist Belle Haimes (

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) lives with her simpleton of a husband Rex Haimes (Stephen E. Miller) in the Hart Mansion in British Columbia. There she takes care of the invalid, 103-year-old Slim Hart, called "Pappy", (Joe Austin) and his wife, Minnie (Enid Saunders) who has been in a coma for some time. Waking up one day, nurse Belle doesn't feel very prone to go back to her dead end job nursing the old couple. She accidentally overhears the night nurse working at the same mansion ( Leslie Jones) reading a postcard from the old couple's two twin boys, Martin Hart (

) and Art Hart (Ted Stidder). The postcard tells that the boys will be returning home to their Pappy soon. With that information in mind, Belle starts planning the demise of the old comatosed Mrs. Hart and the kidnapping of Old Pappy but things don't go quite according to plan.

Cast

:''Belle Haimes'' -

:''Rex Haimes'' - Stephen E. Miller :''Selma Dodge'' - Deanne Henry :''Carson Boundy'' -

:''Martin Hart'' -

:''Art Hart'' - Ted Stidder :''Sheriff Nashville Schwartz'' -

:''Slim Hart'' - Joe Austin :''Minnie Hart'' - Enid Saunders :''Night Nurse'' - Leslie Jones :''2nd Blind Man'' - Dana Still :''Wanda Fuch'' -

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:''Minister at Funeral'' -

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:''Gravedigger'' - Hagan Beggs :''Chester Nimms'' - Marc Bourrel :''Nun'' - Joe Sala :''Cafe Customer'' - Marc Acheson :''Deputy Worse'' - Adrien Dorval :''Millie'' - Jeannette Lewis :''Punk Kid'' -

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:''Justice of the Peace'' - Simon Webb :''J.P.'s Wife'' -

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References

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* * * 1987 films Atlantic Entertainment Group films English-language Canadian films 1987 comedy films Canadian comedy films Films directed by Rex Bromfield 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub