Comedy ·Mystery ·Crime · United States of America · 1994 · 1h 26m

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective poster
Director
Tom Shadyac
Cast
Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura Courteney Cox as Melissa Robinson Sean Young as Lt. Lois Einhorn Tone Loc as Emilio Dan Marino as Dan Marino Noble Willingham as Riddle
Crew
Julio Macat — Director of Photography Don Zimmerman — Editor Ira Newborn — Original Music Composer Jack Bernstein — Screenplay Jim Carrey — Screenplay Tom Shadyac — Screenplay
Tagline

He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)

Synopsis

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

Trailer Ace Ventura: Pet Detective — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
miami, floridadolphindetectivehuman animal relationshipstupiditymascotslapstick comedyanimalsprivate detectivepets
Key Collaborators
Tom Shadyac Director Julio Macat Director of Photography Don Zimmerman Editor Ira Newborn Original Music Composer Jack Bernstein Screenplay Jim Carrey Screenplay Tom Shadyac Screenplay Jack Bernstein Story James G. Robinson Producer William A. Elliott Production Design Bobbie Read Costume Design
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