Find the Lady (1976 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Find the Lady

| image = Findthelady.jpg

| caption = Home video release front cover artwork

| director = John Trent

| writer = David Main
John Trent

| producer = David Main
John Trent

| starring = Lawrence Dane
John Candy
Dick Emery
Peter Cook
Mickey Rooney
Alexandra Bastedo
Richard Monette
Bob Vinci
Ed McNamara
Tim Henry

| music = Robert Sharples

| distributor = Danton Films

| released = {{Film date|1976|11|11}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

| budget =

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Find the Lady is a 1976 comedy film directed by John Trent.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}. p. 77. It was one of the earliest films in which John Candy stars. The plot involves kidnapping schemes all involving the same woman except the wrong woman gets taken and the right one runs away with her boyfriend.

The film is a spin-off of the earlier film It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, which features the Kopek (Candy) and Broom (Lawrence Dane) characters in a subplot.

The cast also includes Ed McNamara, Hugh Webster, Delroy Lindo and Mickey Rooney.

Reception

The Calgary Herald wrote, "Find the Lady is a numbskull number about as funny as a slice of pizza in a hat... A British-Canadian co-production, Find the Lady stumbles from one worn-out comedy chestnut to another. There is the off-key opera singer, the transvestite who complains that life is a 'drag', lots of dumb blonds, and even dumber cops."{{cite news |last1=Hogg |first1=Carol |title='Great White Father' to the rescue and an unfunny lady hunt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64481815/calgary-herald/ |access-date=2 December 2020 |work=The Calgary Herald |date=November 20, 1976}}

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