Eight on the Lam (1967)

Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. His luck quickly changes when it's discovered that his bank discovers a substantial money shortage in their... See full summary »

Director:

George Marshall

Writers:

Bob Fisher (story), Albert E. Lewin,

Stars:

Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bob Hope	...	Henry Dimsdale
Phyllis Diller	...	Golda
Jonathan Winters	...	Police Sgt. Jasper Lynch / Mother Lynch
Shirley Eaton	...	Ellie Barton
Jill St. John	...	Monica
Stacey Gregg	...	Linda (as Stacey Maxwell)
Kevin Brodie	...	Steve
Robert Hope	...	Mike
Glenn Gilger	...	Andy
Avis Hope	...	Dana
Debi Storm	...	Lois
Michael Freeman	...	Mark
Austin Willis	...	Mr. Pomeroy
Peter Leeds	...	Marty

Storyline

Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. His luck quickly changes when it's discovered that his bank discovers a substantial money shortage in their books. Now Hope and his large family are forced to take it on the lam. His children's baby-sitter Phyllis Diller protects Hope from her dim-witted cop boyfriend Jonathan Winters while he hides out, hoping to get to the true cause of his dilemma. Past and future "Bond Girls" Shirley Eaton ("Goldfinger") and Jill St. John ("Diamonds Are Forever") play a schoolteacher and a gold-digger and Winters plays his own mother!

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Plot Keywords:

large family | false accusation | robbery

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Acht gehen türmen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hope Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Upon reaching home the daughter announces dinner is ready. Dimsdale then learns that there are not enough chops so he goes to the store where he finds the money. After he returns home the ladies are shown still making dinner.

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Quotes

Henry Dimsdale: Hey, if money can't buy happiness, then this is a pretty crazy brand of misery.

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Connections

Referenced in Reflections of Evil (2002)

User Reviews

Funny stuff

This is a classic -- if predictable -- 60s comedy, complete with smart-aleck kids and Bob Hope's one-liners delivered in his deadpan style. Like the big family in "Yours, Mine and Ours" some of the kids just stand around and we're to blithely accept the fact that middle-class families reproduce like rabbits, but those of us with *only* three or four kids can still identify.

Unlike the Disney movies of the same era, or the Hepburn-Tracy movies of a few years prior, the situations, clothes, and other styles truly reflect middle-class America. Oh, and it's actually funny!