How to Beat the High Cost of Living

Name: How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-07-11
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Eddie Albert

A hilarious new comedy for everyone who ever wanted to give the oil companies gas pains, turn off the power companies lights and make the banks stand in line for a change.

How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Release date

1980-07-11

Country

United States

Production

American International Pictures, Filmways Pictures, Cinema 77, Stage III Productions

Genre

Comedy

Budget

Box office

$7 500 000

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Director

Robert Scheerer

Actors

Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Eddie Albert, Cathryn Damon, Dabney Coleman, Fred Willard, Art Metrano, Ronnie Schell
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Kaufman, Jerome M. Zeitman, Samuel Z. Arkoff

Camera operator

James Crabe

Composer

Patrick Williams

Artist

Lawrence G. Paull

Audition

Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton

Editing

Bill Butler
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Short description

In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.