Pink Cadillac (1989)

A skip tracer (Clint Eastwood) always gets his man. But will he get his woman when a young mother (Bernadette Peters) jumps bail and goes on the run with her infant in a pink Cadillac with $250,000 in the trunk and racist gun toting goons on her trail? Directed by Buddy Van Horn (ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN), this low brow comedy is reminiscent of those popular red neck Burt Reynolds movies of the 70s and 80s like CANNONBALL RUN, WHITE LIGHTNING, GATOR etc. It received poor reviews and tanked at the box office and Eastwood never again did an action comedy. It's poorly written and its depiction of a racist group of thugs is more laughable than disturbing. A star of the musical stage, Bernadette Peters never got a real break in the movies and this film didn't help although she's the best thing in the film. Her animated performance livens up her scenes and makes for a nice contrast with the dour Eastwood. With Frances Fisher, Geoffrey Lewis, Timothy Carhart, Jim Carrey and Mara Corday.