• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Caper
• Themes: Unlikely Criminals
• Director: Robert Scheerer
• Main Cast: Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Fred Willard
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James share star-billing with Jessica Lange in this uninspired comedy about three women who need a cash infusion. (Curtin and Saint James would later co-star in the popular sitcom Kate and Allie.) Jane (Saint James) is divorced and financially pressed to raise her children in the manner to which they were accustomed. Elaine's (Curtin) husband left with all their assets except for the house and car, and Louise's (Lange) antique store is going to go bust unless she gets rid of the red ink. After the three women share their angst, they hit on a scheme of robbing cash from the local shopping mall, a place they know quite well. That familiarity, it turns out, cannot guarantee success. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Susan Saint James - Jane
• Jessica Lange - Louise
• Richard Benjamin - Albert
• Fred Willard - Robert

Dabney Coleman - Jack Heintzell; Art Metrano - Gas Station Attendant; Ronnie Schell - Bill Pike; Garrett Morris - Power and Light Man; Cathryn Damon - Natalie; Sybil Danning - Charlotte; Al Checco - Tim Lundy; Carmen Zapata - Mama Figueroa; Dru Wagner - Harriet; Eddie Albert - Max; Michael Patrick Bell; Jane Curtin - Elaine; Harvey Lewis; Philip Miller; Byron Morrow; Susan Tolsky; Allan Warnick; Craig Jackson; Wendy Shawn

Credit

Samuel Z. Arkoff - Executive Producer; Samuel Z. Arkoff - Producer; James A. Crabe - Cinematographer; Robert Kaufman - Producer; Robert Kaufman - Screenwriter; Lawrence G. Paull - Production Designer; Erica Phillips - Costume Designer; Robert Scheerer - Director; Irby Smith - First Assistant Director; Patrick Williams - Composer (Music Score); Peg Cummings - Set Designer; Jerome M. Zeitman - Producer; William Butler - Editor; Bill Butler - Editor; Leonora Thuna - Short Story Author

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