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Director:
George Marshall
Writers:
Bob Fisher (story)
Albert E. Lewin (writer)
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Release Date:
26 April 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. His luck quickly changes... more | add synopsis
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2nd Hope/Diller comedy better than their 1st, but that's faint praise more (7 total)

Cast

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Bob Hope ... Henry Dimsdale
Phyllis Diller ... Golda

Jonathan Winters ... Police Sgt. Jasper Lynch
Shirley Eaton ... Ellie Barton

Jill St. John ... Monica
Stacey Gregg ... Linda (as Stacey Maxwell)
Kevin Brodie ... Steve
Robert Hope ... Mike
Glenn Gilger ... Andy
Avis Hope ... Dana

Debi Storm ... Lois
Michael Freeman ... Mark
Austin Willis ... Mr. Pomeroy
Peter Leeds ... Marty
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eight on the Run (UK)
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | West Germany:6 (nf)
Company:
Hope Enterprises more

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Referenced in Reflections of Evil (2002) more

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2nd Hope/Diller comedy better than their 1st, but that's faint praise, 31 March 2004
4/10
Author: s007davis from USA

Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller and director George Marshall("Monsieur Beaucaire", "Fancy Pants") reunited for their second film as a team after the abysmal "Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number!" "Eight on the Lam" is definitely an improvement over their first film together but that's not saying much. "Lam"'s harmless enough and watchable in a "Brady Bunch"/"Yours, Mine and Ours" kind of way if you catch it on a late night TV movie run. But it's never really "good" in the way Hope's best comedies were and still are. I recommend watching a true Hope classic like 1943's "They Got Me Covered" or 1951's "My Favorite Spy" instead.

Best part of "Eight on the Lam": the novelty value of seeing 2 classic era James Bond girls, Jill St. John alias Tiffany Case from 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever" and Shirley Eaton a.k.a. Jill Masterson the "Golden Girl" from 1964's "Goldfinger", in the same film and even briefly in the same scene! Hope obviously exercised his producer power by casting Miss Eaton as his devoted love interest and she is given a decent amount of on-screen time.

Bottom line: ** out of ****, mainly for Shirley and Jill.

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