Hanky Panky (1982 film)


Hanky Panky is a 1982 American comedy thriller film directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Wilder and Radner met during filming and later married.

Plot

An architect named Michael Jordon accidentally gets caught up in a web of intrigue and murder when he ends up on the run on false murder charges. Kate is a woman out to find her brother's killer. The two team up, but not before first thinking the other is the killer. The duo end up on a wild cross-country ride from New York City to the Grand Canyon.

Cast

, writing in The New York Times, gave the film a mixed review, saying it "is apt to leave you far less exhilarated than exhausted."

Novelization

A $2.50 paperback novelization of the screenplay was published by Pinnacle Books, somewhat in advance of the film's release. The byline is Leslie Jarreau, which—as there are no other works in existence with that authorship—is possibly a pseudonym. An accurate record, one way or the other, would seem to be lost.