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Witless Protection (2008)

Witless Protection poster
Directed by
Charles Robert Carner
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small-town sheriff gets mixed up in a federal witness protection case. He teams up with a woman who is in danger from criminals.

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What happens

Witless Protection is a 2008 American crime comedy film written, and directed by Charles Robert Carner, and starring Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy. Distributed by Lionsgate, the film was theatrically released on February 22, 2008. It was critically panned and was a commercial failure, grossing $4.1 million. It was the final film appearance of Yaphet Kotto before his retirement later that year from acting, and his death in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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