Witless Protection is a comedy film starring Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy written and directed by Chicago native Charles Robert Carner.

The film stars Larry the Cable Guy as a small-town sheriff in Mississippi. Many parts of the film were filmed in Plano, IL and Virgil, IL (train depot, farms, gas station and a few downtown restaurants). Filming also took place in numerous towns in Illinois including Elmhurst, IL, Lombard, IL, Lemont, IL, Sugar Grove, IL, Glen Ellyn, IL, Westmont, IL and Yorkville, IL. The film is rated PG-13 and was released February 22, 2008.

A bunch of dumb redneck jokes, acting like a hillbilly in various places, and the phrase “git-r-done”. During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, sheriff Larry witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men.

Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry kidnaps her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a high-stakes Chicago crime case and her captors are FBI agents assigned to protect her.

Madeleine is furious. But Larry, who rightly suspects the agents are crooked and Madeleine is in danger, forces her on a harebrained trip to Chicago to solve the case himself. Together, the mismatched duo must grapple with angry FBI agents, quack doctors and Chicago high society.

Cast:

  • Larry the Cable Guy as Larry
  • Jenny McCarthy
  • Joe Mantegna
  • Yaphet Kotto
  • Ivana Milicevic
  • Lisa Lampanelli
  • Eric Roberts
  • Peter Stormare
  • J. David Moeller

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