Eight on the Lam | |
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Directed by | George Marshall |
Screenplay by | Albert E. Lewin Burt Styler Bob Fisher Arthur Marx |
Story by | Bob Fisher Arthur Marx |
Produced by | Bill Lawrence |
Starring | Bob Hope Phyllis Diller Jonathan Winters |
Cinematography | Alan Stensvold |
Edited by | R.A. Radecki Grant Whytock |
Music by | George Romanis |
Production company | Hope Enterprises |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 107 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3,107,644 (US/ Canada) [1] |
Eight on the Lam is a 1967 American comedy film directed by George Marshall. It stars Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller. [2]
Bank teller Henry Dimsdale (Bob Hope) finds ten $1,000 bills. He is a widower with seven kids and could use the money, and housekeeper Golda (Phyllis Diller) tells him it's a case of finders keepers.
Henry waits two weeks to see if anyone claims the missing money. No one does, so he splurges on a new car and a diamond ring for Ellie Barton (Shirley Eaton), his fiancee. But when the bank discovers a $50,000 shortage, Henry becomes a prime suspect. He, his family and Ellie take it on the lam to Arizona.
A detective, Jasper Lynch (Jonathan Winters), the boyfriend of Golda, is assigned to investigate. Henry's boss at the bank, Pomeroy (Austin Willis), is seen with a sexy younger woman, Monica (Jill St. John), who has expensive tastes. After a chase, Henry is placed under arrest. His kids hide a tape recorder in Pomeroy's pocket, though, and get an admission of guilt. That frees their dad to marry Ellie while the helpful Golda and Jasper do likewise.
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