Review of Outrageous Fortune (1987) by Kevin Thomas for Los Angeles Times — 12 Feb 2020

Long and Midler are so good they almost make us forget that Outrageous Fortune is yet another elaborate chase movie with the usual comic CIA and KGB stooges and vast, familiar stretches of Southwestern deserts.

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This review of Outrageous Fortune (1987) was written by Kevin Thomas and published by Los Angeles Times on 12 Feb 2020.

Outrageous Fortune has generally received mixed reviews.

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