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 | robbery | false accusation | 

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Taglines:

The most WANTED picture of the year!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Acht gehen türmen

Filming Locations:

157 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

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?

Trivia

At one point, Golda (Phyllis Diller) tells Henry (Bob Hope), "Boy, did you get a wrong number!" In 1966 Diller and Hope appeared in Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966).

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Goofs

Henry falls out of Monica's hotel window late at night, but the prolonged outdoor chase scene that immediately follows when he lands on a horse takes place in bright sunlight.

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Quotes

Ellie Barton: But I want to be with you.
Henry Dimsdale: Yeah, but they wouldn't put me in a women's prison.

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Connections

Referenced in Reflections of Evil (2002)

User Reviews

Hope On The Run

In a plot borrowed somewhat from Double Dynamite, bank teller Bob Hope finds $10,000.00 in thousand dollar Grover Cleveland notes in a parking lot. He's real happy until it's discovered at his bank that they're short $50,000.00 in their books. Who seems to have come into some money? Nobody but old ski nose so he has to take it on the lam.

That's not easy considering he's a widower with seven kids. Hope's also got a babysitter played by Phyllis Diller. He leaves her behind, but she proves to be quite an asset behind enemy lines so to speak, especially with her cop boyfriend, Jonathan Winters.

Bob Hope gets only about a third of the laughs with Diller and Winters nicely splitting the rest. Winters does a repeat of his role as the dim bulb truck driver from It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World only here he's a dim bulb of a cop. If it isn't Hope, it's Diller constantly getting the better of him. Winters does a cameo appearance also as is own mother in that little old lady masquerade he was known for.

Of course the mystery is solved, in this case almost by sheer dumb luck and Hope winds up with school teacher Shirley Eaton and Diller with Winters despite all her obstruction of justice. It's how it is done that you have to see the film for.

Look also for a nice performance by Jill St. John as the gold digging femme fatale who inspires embezzlement. Eight on the Lam is nicely directed by comedy veteran George Marshall who's put Hope through all his paces before. It's a bit better than most of Hope's later work in the sixties.