Samuel the book and movie

Synopsis

Genre: Comedy
Title: SAMUEL


Logline: A young woman (Susan), a gold digger, marries an older top Hollywood movie producer (Charley). Shortly after their marriage Charley passes away. Susan thinks she is filthy rich. The Comedy begins when Samuel, Charley's younger retarded bother, is introduced to Susan.

Synopsis: At the reading of the will things change, Samuel, Charley’s younger retarded brother, is introduced as the beneficiary of Charley’s trust. Susan is only the Executor with a small annual income, as long as she cares for Samuel. But, if Samuel predeceases Susan then she inherits the trust. Susan sets out to accomplish this goal without being accused of murder.

A main supporting character is a tall, slender, blond gardener named Ricardo Estevez, his business name; his real name is Richard Funk. Susan and Ricardo become lovers and even get married. Together they plot to see that Samuel becomes deceased by some natural cause.

Then there’s Tyrone Whittaker, a former NFL player with the San Diego Chargers that was released because of a bad knee. Tyrone Whittaker becomes a wrestle and meets Billy Tugman a black dwarf. Billy is employed by Tyrone to help him during his wrestling career.

Billy reveals to Tyrone that he is a professional burglar and does jobs in every town that Tyrone wrestles in. Billy shows Tyrone that burglary is an excellent way to make good money, better money than wrestling.

Tyrone’s bad knee gets re-injured so he starts work with Billy until Billy gets stuck in a duct he is using to enter a store. Billy gets caught in the duct and ends up in jail. Tyrone continues his new profession and is introduced in a gorilla suit as the Beverly Hills burglar. In his gorilla suit Tyrone meets Samuel, who calls Tyrone King Kong, and Susan while he is burglarizing their Mansion. He is caught there, arrested and goes to jail. Later Tyrone and Billy are released and they end up saving Samuel.

Because of the burglary, Susan gets a dog, Blitzy, a big Rottweiler. Blitzy takes to Samuel from all the love Samuel gives him, so Blitzy watches out for and protects Samuel. Ricardo suggests a camping vacation to Kootenai National Forest in Montana. The idea is that during this camping vacation Samuel gets lost and ends up dead from Grizzly bears, but Blitzy protects Samuel and makes sure he is safe. The only ones that get hurt are Ricardo and Susan.

Because of Ricardo and Susan’s injuries they hire a housekeeper, Eloise Whittaker, unbeknownst to them this is Tyrone’s mother. Because of another accident to Ricardo and Susan, while they were attempting to murder Samuel again, Eloise becomes Samuel’s guardian. That’s not all, a High Class Art Galley, in spite of Tyrone's criminal record, hires him, and actually it is because of his criminal record as a burglar who looks for expensive artwork, they want someone who knows about art theft.

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