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Director:
Robert Scheerer
Writers:
Robert Kaufman (writer)
Leonora Thuna (story)
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Release Date:
21 August 1981 (Finland) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
They're No Angels more
Plot:
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Lovely Ladies in Silly Yuppie Film! more (20 total)

Cast

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Susan Saint James ... Jane

Jane Curtin ... Elaine

Jessica Lange ... Louise
Richard Benjamin ... Albert

Fred Willard ... Robert
Eddie Albert ... Max

Dabney Coleman ... Jack Heintzel
Art Metrano ... Gas station attendant
Ronnie Schell ... Bill
Garrett Morris ... Power and Light man
Cathryn Damon ... Natalle

Sybil Danning ... Charlotte
Al Checco ... Tim
Carmen Zapata ... Mama
Dru Wagner ... Harriet
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Eugene, Oregon, USA more
Company:
American International Pictures (AIP) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jane Curtin's film debut. more
Quotes:
Louise: Oh, I don't know, there's got to be some way we can make money.
Elaine: We can make porno films and all wear ski masks.
Jane: No, Robert and I got bombed out one night. We put a little "I love you" tattoo on my ankle.
Elaine: [to Jane] Ok, we'll wear masks, you wear socks.
Louise: Come on, let's get out of here.
Elaine: What do you think about a doggy bag for the butter?
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Lovely Ladies in Silly Yuppie Film!, 12 December 2004
6/10
Author: shepardjessica-1 from United States

Jane Curtin is paranoid, Susan St. James is harried, and Jessica Lange is beautiful and married to dork Richard Benjamin. This light-hearted yup flick is fairly ridiculous, but the charms of these wonderful actresses makes it worthwhile. I give it a 6 out of 10 with the best performance by Jane Curtin.

It's nice to see Jessica Lange in an early role when her youth and attractiveness hide the fact that she will become one of our best actresses while Ms. Curtin and Ms. St. James (who I also love since THE NAME OF THE GAME on TV) had careers that faltered (beside the TV show they did together - Kate and Allie). The men in this movie are mostly idiots, but this plays like a decent sit-com; fairly lame, but harmless fun.

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