It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

(1975)

Color, 90 minutes 

Comedy

Country: Canada

Directed by John Trent

Cast:
 
Anthony Newley as Sweeney
Stefanie Powers as Georgina
Isaac Hayes as Moriarty
Lloyd Bochner as Burton
Yvonne De Carlo as Julia
Henry Ramer as Prince
Lawrence Dane as Broom
John Candy as Kopek
Moya Fenwick as Mrs. Chorley
Anne Marie Sten as Big Red
Robert A. Silverman as a Lawyer
Roy Wordsworth as Albert
 
In this comedic story, a man continues to frequently sleep with his ex-wife, even though she has re-married, and resorts to kidnapping her in an effort to win her back. A detective (John Candy) and his team try to get to the bottom of the strange crime.  Anthony Newley plays a poor avant-garde artist who struggles with an ex-wife's remarriage to a building contractor.