The film stars Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelly, Scott Wilson, and Sam Wanamaker.

Soon after, an encounter with some street thieves knocks her unconscious and she loses her memory, then a local criminal named Frank Grimes spirits Valerie away from her hotel.

As they travel to Mexico together, they endure one mishap after another, from damaged luggage and bad hotel rooms to bar fights with strangers.

Raymond tracks the prostitute down at a gambling club (run by a man named Fernando) and confronts several men at gunpoint to retrieve Eugene's money.

As he recovers at a field hospital, he talks to a local man who tells about a strange woman who wandered into their village one day.

The film ends with the pair floating down the river on a piece of the pier that has broken off and is headed towards a massive waterfall.

Pure Luck is a remake of the popular 1981 French comedy film La Chèvre.

[citation needed] It was directed by Australian director Nadia Tass,[2] with cinematography by her husband David Parker.

[citation needed] The film was produced by Lance Hool and Sean Daniel and edited by Billy Weber.

[citation needed] The music was composed by Jonathan Sheffer and Danny Elfman (main titles).

[citation needed] The film was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on August 9, 1991.

[5]Caryn James praised Martin Short's efforts in the film, which she found otherwise forgettable, "Against the odds, he makes Pure Luck always painless and sometimes genuinely amusing.

Around 5–7 years later, director Nadia Tass reported she was still receiving residuals from the film because of its success in America.