The Linguini Incident (also released on home video as Houdini and Company, The Robbery, Shag-O-Rama) is a 1991 American crime comedy film set in New York starring Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie.

A British bartender, Monte (David Bowie), wishes to marry a waitress at the restaurant he works, ostensibly so he can obtain his green card.

However, Lucy accidentally leaves Monte at the altar, causing him to lose a two million dollar bet with the restaurant owners that he could marry a waitress in a week.

[4] Similarly, Los Angeles Times staff writer Kevin Thomas called the film "a rarity, a contemporary screwball comedy that actually works".

[7] Variety magazine called the movie an "uninspired, poverty row production" and lamented the miscasting of Bowie in the lead role.

"[2] Since its initial release, the film has garnered a cult following of fans who have come to appreciate its bizarre humor, surreal tone, and relative obscurity.

[8] In March of 2020, film reviewer Virginie Pronovost wrote "it keeps you entertained from the beginning until the end with its humour, its peripeties and the overall aura of excitement".