Rough Magic is a 1995 comedy film directed by Clare Peploe, starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe. The screenplay was written by Robert Mundi, William Brookfield, and Clare Peploe. Rough Magic is based on the 1944 novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by British novelist James Hadley Chase; that novel had previously been adapted as the 1962 French-Argentine film Une blonde comme ça.
Cast
Bridget Fonda as Myra Shumway
Russell Crowe as Alex Ross
Jim Broadbent as Doc Ansell
Kenneth Mars as Magician
D. W. Moffett as Cliff Wyatt
Paul Rodriguez as Diego
Production
Filming locations in Michoacán, Mexico; Tikal, Guatemala; and Los Angeles, United States.
Release
The film was released in France on August 30, 1995 and in the United States on May 30, 1997.