Nobody's Perfekt

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Nobody's Perfekt
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Directed by Peter Bonerz
Written byTony Kenrick
Produced by Mort Engelberg
Starring Gabe Kaplan
Alex Karras
Robert Klein
Susan Clark
Arthur Rosenberg
Paul Stewart
CinematographyJames Pergola
Edited by Neil Travis
Music byDavid McHugh
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 14, 1981 (1981-08-14)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nobody's Perfekt[ sic ] is a 1981 comedy film, adapted from Tony Kenrick's novel Two for the Price of One; Kenrick wrote the screenplay for this film.

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Plot

Three therapy patients — Dibley (Gabe Kaplan), whose memory often fails him; Swaboda (Alex Karras), who believes that his late mother is still alive and living with him; and Walter (Robert Klein), who has three personalities — want the city to buy them a new car after theirs is totaled by a pothole. Legal means prove to be insufficient, so the three of them hatch a plan to extort the money from the mayor (Arthur Rosenberg).

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