Big Business (1988)

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Mixed up at birth, two sets of twins finally meet their match.

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.

• Released: 1988-06-10
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 37m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 311 votes

Directed by Jim Abrahams.

Top cast

• Bette Midler as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
• Lily Tomlin as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
• Fred Ward as Roone Dimmick
• Edward Herrmann as Graham Sherbourne
• Michele Placido as Fabio Alberici
• Daniel Gerroll as Chuck
• Barry Primus as Michael
• Michael Gross as Dr. Jay Marshall
• Deborah Rush as Binky Shelton
• Nicolas Coster as Hunt Shelton

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Big Business

• United States: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• India: buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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