A Million to Juan (1994)
Money can't buy everything. Yeah, right.
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit are repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
- Date of release
- 1994-05-15
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Paul Rodríguez
Casting
- Paul Rodríguez — Juan Lopez
- Tony Plana — Jorge
- Bert Rosario — Alvaro
- Polly Draper — Olivia Smith
- Jonathan Hernandez — Alejandro Lopez
- Larry Linville — Richard Dickerson
- Victor Rivers — Hector Delgado
- Maria Rangel — Anita
- Leslie Danon — Patricia
- Evelina Fernández — Mrs. Gonzales
- Gerardo Mejía — Flaco
- David Rasche — Jeff
Interesting facts
A Million to Juan is a 1994 romantic comedy film starring comedian Paul Rodriguez. It was also his directorial debut. The story is a modern spin on Mark Twain's 1893 story "The Million Pound Bank Note".
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