Harry Crumb is a bumbling, inept private investigator and the protagonist of the 1989 comedy-mystery film Who's Harry Crumb? , portrayed by the late comedy legend John Candy .
In the film, Harry is summoned to Los Angeles by his boss, Eliot Draisen (played by Jeffrey Jones), to investigate the kidnapping of a wealthy heiress, Jennifer Downing. Draisen, who is actually the mastermind behind the crime, hires Harry specifically because he expects him to fail miserably at solving the case. Who's Harry Crumb?
Harry descends from a prestigious long line of master sleuths but lacks the legendary intelligence of his ancestors. Due to his incompetence, he was exiled to a forgotten subsidiary of his family's firm in Tulsa. Harry Crumb is a bumbling, inept private investigator