How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Released December 1979 Starring Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange (as Louise), Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dabney Coleman, Cathryn Damon, Fred Willard, Eddie Albert Directed by Robert Scheerer 110 min. Box office gross - 7.5 million See complete credits at Internet Movie Database Trailer |
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This low key comedy quickly vanished from the screens after poor reviews. It concerns three housewives who, desperate for cash, plot to rob a local mall that is sponsoring a cash giveaway contest. Viewed today, the film is mildly amusing, and has some loyal fans. Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin went on to star in the hit television series Kate and Allie. Lange, who plays Richard Benjamin's wife, looks ravishing and shows some of the comic talent that she would expose to greater audiences in Tootsie, a few years later.
Critical Sampling: "
A feeble housefly of a comedy" - Vincent Canby, The New York Times
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Critical Sampling: "
A feeble housefly of a comedy" - Vincent Canby, The New York Times
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