How to Beat the High Cost of Living

Name: How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: July 11, 1980
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 30
Cast: Art Metrano, Cathryn Damon, Dabney Coleman, Eddie Albert, Fred Willard

1980

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Filmways Pictures | Release Date: July 11, 1980 | PG

Starring: Art Metrano, Cathryn Damon, Dabney Coleman, Eddie Albert, Fred Willard, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Ronnie Schell, Susan Saint James

Summary: A caper comedy about three suburban housewives who, in order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.

Director: Robert Scheerer

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 105 min

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Ted Mahar

The film is so-so, but producer/writer Bob Kaufman, flush with the success of Love at First Bite said High Cost was the forerunner of a new way of life. [04 Aug 1991, p.34]

Kevin Thomas

A silly trifle about three housewives (Susan Saint James, Jessica Lange and Jane Curtin) who'd rather plan a shopping mall robbery to ease their dire financial straits than try to get a job. [04 May 1986, p.6]