Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Writers:

David Giler (screenplay), Jerry Belson (screenplay)

Stars:

Jane Fonda, George Segal, Ed McMahon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Segal	...	Dick Harper
Jane Fonda	...	Jane Harper
Ed McMahon	...	Charlie Blanchard
Richard Gautier	...	Dr. Will (as Dick Gautier)
Allan Miller	...	Loan Company Manager
Hank Garcia	...	Raoul Esteban
John Dehner	...	Jane's Father
Walter Brooke	...	Mr. Weeks
Sean Frye	...	Billy
Mary Jackson	...	Jane's Mother
James Jeter	...	Immigration Officer
Maxine Stuart	...	Charles' Secretary
Fred Willard	...	Bob
Selma Archerd	...	Beverly Hills Matron
John Brandon	...	Pete Winston

Storyline

Manager Dick Harper and his attractive young wife Jane are used to a comfortable lifestyle. They just build a swimming-pool when Dick is fired very unexpectedly - leaving him with $70,000 debt on the house. They try to hide this from the neighbors and just cut down their expenses, but soon it's obvious: living from unemployment bonus drives them crazy, it's uncertain if they can keep the house. Dick doesn't see another way out than robbing drug stores - but this takes more skill than expected! Only as a team Dick and Jane can succeed.

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Plot Keywords:

unemployment | heist | robbery | what happened to epilogue | toe socks | 

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Taglines:

This is my daddy. He got fired. This is my mommy. She can't balance the budget. This is our house. We can't afford it. This is our car. They stole it.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Movie Channel [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 1977 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

No robarás a menos que sea necesario

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Richard Gautier: Billed as Dick Gautier playing a corrupt evangelist, Dr. Will.

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Quotes

Jane Harper: What kind of lunatic spends $1000 on lunch when he's out of a job and deeply in debt?
Dick Harper: The kind that knows you can't get a job if you look like a loser.
Jane Harper: If I was Diners Club, I'd your stomach bronzed and put it in the Hall of Fame.

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Crazy Credits

Opening and closing credits listed in the form of pages of a children's book.

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Connections

Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

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Soundtracks

Ahead of the Game (Title Song)
Written and sung by The Movies

User Reviews

Classic 70's Couple Caper!(Better Than Any Jim Carrey, Remake!)

The Excellent George Segal And The Equally Excellent Jane Fonda, Play Dick And Jane, A couple who have it all, a large dream home complete with maid, and swimming pool(Under Construction) and a young son, and even a dog named Spot!

George Segal, is a successful Aerospace Executive, who get's laid off due to some unforeseen cutback's, unfortunately the couple who are living beyond their mean's, and soon hit rock bottom as the pair struggle to find employment, with exceptionally hilarious result's

But where there's a will their's a way as Dick And Jane 'Accidently receive stolen money from a botched bank raid, the couple who develop an appetite for robbery then devise various and ingenious method's of grand larceny to pay off their mortgage/Bill's,

Unfortunately they had to unnessesary remake this gem for the attention deficit generation,(which is nowhere as great as this!