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4.8/10   429 votes
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Writers:
Mary Rodgers (story) and
Jimmy Sangster (story) ...
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Release Date:
6 March 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy more
Tagline:
A new high in being lowdown. more
Plot:
When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elliott Gould ... Max Devlin

Bill Cosby ... Barney Satin
Susan Anspach ... Penny Hart
Adam Rich ... Toby Hart
Julie Budd ... Stella Summers
Sonny Shroyer ... Big Billy Hunniker

David Knell ... Nerve Nordlinger

Chuck Shamata ... Jerry Nadler
Deborah Baltzell ... Heidi
Ronnie Schell ... Greg Weems
Jeannie Wilson ... Laverne Hunniker
Stanley Brock ... The Counterman
Ted Zeigler ... Mr. Billings
Vic Dunlop ... Brian
Reggie Nalder ... Chairman of Devil's Council
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
During the UK 'video nasty' scare of the 1980's anti-censorship journalist Liam T. Sanford wrote a false letter petitioning against this film to the Police Watch Committee, claiming the movie to be 'sick and horrific', in an attempt to discredit local police forces and expose their lack of film knowledge. Sure enough the film was briefly seized by officers from video retailers before being hastily returned to the shelves. more
Soundtrack:
Any Fool Can See more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
ordinary, 25 May 1999
4/10
Author: Marco Trevisiol from Melbourne, Australia

After a promising opening ten minutes, highlighted by some good gags, this movie quickly slips into dreariness and never recovers. It's not that there's anything particularly wrong with this film, it's just that there's nothing particularly good about it either and it wastes a potentially interesting leading duo.

The best thing that can be said about it is that it's inoffensive and easy to take but it's also totally forgettable and one of the more uninventive films you're likely to come across.

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