Two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, converge in Manhattan on opposite sides of a corporate manoeuvre.
Bette Midler plays twins born to rich parents while Tomlin is twins born at the same time in the same hospital to poor parents. One of each pair is switched at birth by a short-sighted nurse so that both mothers think they have non-identical twins.
One Midler grows up poor and one rich, likewise with the two separated Tomlins. All goes well until the mismatched poor pair go to New York to protest the sale of their hometown factory by the rich pair.
The film starts slowly to establish the four leads and their beaux, but once in its stride, it provides barrels of laughs.
Sadie Shelton/Sadie Ratliff
Bette Midler Rose Shelton/Rose Ratliff
Lily Tomlin Roone Dimmick
Fred Ward Graham Sherbourne
Edward Herrmann Fabio Alberici
Michele Placido Chuck
Daniel Gerroll Michael
Barry Primus Dr Jay Marshall
Michael Gross Binky Shelton
Deborah Rush Hunt Shelton
Nicolas Coster Iona Ratliff
Patricia Gaul Garth Ratliff
J.C. Quinn Nanny Lewis
Norma MacMillan
Director
Jim Abrahams
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