![]() But Joe gives them another surprise, and reveals that he still has a fortune and they see Molly and Douglas standing outside. and no place to go, Danny and Robin decide to let Joe stay with them in their apartment. He also tells Robin about it after getting her attention with holding a "He was broke" sign at a sporting event she was covering. Danny has a change of heart and realizes that no matter what Joe did to trick them, he's still family and loves him. When Danny asks Joe's butler Douglas where Uncle Joe is, Douglas says that he doesn't know. Danny tells him "nobody loves you" and leaves to make up with Robin. ![]() After a big scene that involves Frank fighting Danny, the relatives leave and Joe tells Danny that he was simply "playing them" to find out who actually loved him. But it soon becomes apparent that Uncle Joe is not only bankrupt, he is in debt of $95,000. Danny admits that he's become as bad as the rest of the family. However, Danny tells Robin that he'd actually hired an actor to play his "so-called" father, to win favor with his Uncle, and she feels he's become too greedy and leaves him.Īt Joe's attorney's office, Danny is ready to inherit Joe's fortune when his relatives arrive with his real father. Molly feels disgusted with herself for almost having sex with Joe and tells Danny she has to leave, but not before Danny promises to look after Joe. But after her successful attempt to get Joe in the bedroom, they are interrupted by Danny's father Daniel and he and Danny engage in an heated argument, in which Danny chooses Uncle Joe over him. But Molly has other ideas and decides to use her "assets" to outdo Danny and have sex with the elderly gentleman, if only to keep the relatives from getting his money. Danny realizes how much he'd like to inherit his fortune and tells him not to rush into anything.ĭanny moves in with Uncle Joe and starts competing for his money, even so far as to sing a Jimmy Durante song that Joe loved him to perform as a little kid. Realizing that his relatives could declare him incompetent and throw him in a retirement home, he tells Danny that he plans to hand his fortune over to Molly. Uncle Joe asks Danny to visit him at his scrapyard, to apologize for trying to bribe him, but the old man calls a number to place a shipping order to a company he finds out has been closed for 25 years. They confront Molly later on and she realizes just how conniving and desperate they are for Uncle Joe's fortune. Danny is offended and leaves with his girlfriend, much to the annoyance of the other relatives. A typically rude and crude Joe says he will lend the money only if Danny sides with him against his own father. A professional bowler, Danny left the family with his father, but he accepts the cousins' invitation to return - after rolling a gutter ball in a big tournament and finding out that he has a pre-arthritic condition developing in his wrist.ĭanny's television sports producer and girlfriend Robin encourages him to ask Uncle Joe for a loan of $300,000 to invest in a bowling alley. Instead of finding Daniel, Laura finds his son Danny of whom Uncle Joe had always been especially fond. With their attempts constantly failing and irritable Uncle Joe showing a decided interest in his new sexy "nurse" Molly Richardson, Frank decides to hire a private detective named Laura to bring in his brother Daniel (who turned his back on the family years ago because of their selfishness) believing if they can make up, Uncle Joe will thaw towards them. ![]() They usually named their kids after their uncle and continually suck up to him and try to outdo each other in order to inherit his 25 million dollars when he dies. Joe McTeague is a wealthy, wheelchair-using scrap-metal tycoon who has to put up with his niece Patti, his nephews Carl, Frank, and Glen, and their respective spouses Ed, Nora, Nina, and Muriel. ![]() Upon its release, the movie received a mixed reception from critics. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman. It tells the story of an aging wheelchair-using scrap metal tycoon whose younger relatives compete to get the inheritance when he dies. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Olivia d'Abo, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley Jr., and Colleen Camp. Greedy is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. ![]()
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