Fun with Dick and Jane (9-Feb-1977)
Director: Ted Kotcheff Writers: Jerry Belson; Gerald Gaiser; David Giler; Mordecai Richler Keywords: Comedy An upper middle class couple living well beyond their means both lose their jobs. At a bank robbery they are taken hostage, accidentally ending up with some of the take. This gives them the idea for a new revenue stream, commencing an unlikely crime spree. But it is never enough! Good chemistry between Segal and Fonda. Inferior remake a quarter-century later, Fun with Dick and Jane (2005).
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jean Carson |
Actor |
28-Feb-1923 |
2-Nov-2005 |
Fun girl Daphne |
Thayer David |
Actor |
4-Mar-1927 |
17-Jul-1978 |
Jergens in Rocky |
John Dehner |
Actor |
23-Nov-1915 |
4-Feb-1992 |
Carousel |
Art Evans |
Actor |
27-Mar-1942 |
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A Soldier's Story |
Jane Fonda |
Actor |
21-Dec-1937 |
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Barbarella |
Dick Gautier |
Actor |
30-Oct-1931 |
13-Jan-2017 |
Hymie on Get Smart |
Ed McMahon |
Talk Show Host |
6-Mar-1923 |
23-Jun-2009 |
The Tonight Show |
Anne Ramsey |
Actor |
1-Sep-1929 |
11-Aug-1988 |
Throw Momma from the Train |
George Segal |
Actor |
13-Feb-1934 |
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Fun with Dick and Jane |
Maxine Stuart |
Actor |
28-Jun-1918 |
6-Jun-2013 |
Amanda Earp on The Rousters |
Fred Willard |
Actor |
18-Sep-1933 |
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Fernwood 2night |
REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 9-May-2005) This film is a complete
package. With its delicious opening credit sequence a pleasure in
itself as it combines a totally appropriate and fun song (a rare
thing)with tongue in cheek 'Dick and Jane' pages which set the scene
for the film perfectly. The acting is all superb (even the dog) and the
writing classic in its subtle humour. There is a smile in every second
of this film and the opportunity for a solid belly laugh presents
itself regularly throughout. There are no superfluous characters -
every person counts and makes their contribution to the entire flawless
creation. You may be able to tell that I like this film. I get bored
very easily and this is one of the very few films that I will happily
watch again and again, finding something new to savour every time. It
is an intelligent, gentle classic film - an all time great with a
subversive undertone to give an acid tang to what could have been
syrupy sweetness in less skilled hands - here's hoping the 2005 version
is even half as good as the original - but I doubt it.
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