6.7 Score

1999 • 1h 30min • R • Comedy, Drama

The Big Kahuna

Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.

IMDb 6.5

RT 73%

MC 56

Director

John Swanbeck

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Christopher Young

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Kevin Spacey

Larry Mann

Danny DeVito

Phil Cooper

Peter Facinelli

Bob Walker

Paul Dawson

Bellboy

Christopher Donahue

Bartender (uncredited)

Ron Komora

The Big Kahuna (uncredited)

Frank L. Messina

Business Man (uncredited)

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