blame it on the bellboy wse general title
brevity may be the soul of wit but that doesnt make the 79 minute blame it on the bellboy any funnier . orton dudley moore is an ambitious real estate agent . horton richard griffiths is a middle aged married man looking for extracurricular activity via a dating service . and lawton bryan brown is a professional hit man . orton horton and lawton all check into adjoining rooms at a posh venetian hotel . bellboy bronson pinchot whose grasp of the english language is virtually nonexistent delivers the wrong messages to the three men . thats why orton is trying to sell a valuable piece of property to a roomful of mafiosi horton is paired up with an unwitting female real estate broker and lawton is preparing to rub out a hapless dating service subscriber ... written by director mark herman this old style doorslamming farce might have passed muster as a dinner theater attraction but on film it comes across as strained and tiresome . hal erickson all movie guide . br br ccdolby digital 5.1 surround soundwidescreen 1.85 1 enhanced for 16 x 9 tvs . br br ccdolby digital 5.1 surround soundwidescreen 1.85 1 enhanced for 16 x 9 tvs .