Two janitors (George Carlin, Ben Stiller) working at a brokerage firm become rich by making investments based on insider information they gather from the brokers' garbage.
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| George Carlin | ... | Ralph | |
| Ben Stiller | ... | Freddy Novak | |
| Buddy Ebsen | ... | Vandevere Lodge | |
| Leslie Hope | ... | Susan Fahnestock | |
| Michael J. Pollard | ... | Palomar | |
| Jack Blessing | ... | R. Judson Kimbrough | |
| Dan Castellaneta | ... | George Agrande | |
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Ellen Ratner | ... | Ruth |
| George Wallace | ... | Big Dan | |
| Mindy Sterling | ... | Mary | |
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Lisa Montgomery | ... | Vi |
| Michael Gregory | ... | Real Cop | |
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Gregg Almquist | ... | Herb |
| Julian Christopher | ... | Moneyline Reporter | |
| Newell Alexander | ... | News Reporter | |
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Two janitors (George Carlin, Ben Stiller) working at a brokerage firm become rich by making investments based on insider information they gather from the brokers' garbage.
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26 November 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Trevor Lawrence, Howie Rice & Adrienne Anderson
Performed by The Temptations
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This was the Fox network's first TV-movie. See more »Soundtracks
We're Gonna Work It OutWritten by Trevor Lawrence, Howie Rice & Adrienne Anderson
Performed by The Temptations
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Working Trash is a nice little story of two janitors who decide to play the stock market. George Carlin takes top billing as Ralph, an old school janitor who has been with the company for 23 years. A very young Ben Stiller co-stars as Freddy Novak, a young guy who applied to become a stock broker but they gave him a job as a janitor, so he could work his way up and who nobody would take seriously, due to his lack of experience and education.
One day while Ralph and Freddy are working, they come across some confidential information concerning a stock that is about to hit big. Freddy realizes that it is a crime called insider trading but Ralph talks him into it, in order to pay off his debt to the mafia. Anyhow, the two janitors kept playing the market and making a lot of money, which drew the attention of their superiors, who ended up firing both men. Of course, there is some funny stuff going on at the top and Freddy and Ralph have to find a way to get their jobs back.
This was a good early effort for Stiller and I think recreating the team of Stiller and Carlin might be a better idea nowadays than before, now that they could get a better script to work with. Regardless, this is a nice story the whole family could watch without fear of something inappropriate popping up. I give this 7 of 10 stars.