Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Fritz Boudreau the Truck Driving Father

When Fritz (David Patrick Kelly) points out that Mel (Ben Stiller) looks quite Jewish, he realizes that Mel is not his son, but must be the son of an old friend nicknamed “needle dick.”

Directed by David O. Russell.

© Miramax Films 2012

Released in 1996 by Miramax Films.

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