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Life Stinks

From Fortune 500 ... to fortune's fool.
Jun 5, 1991 · 1h 32m
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Comedy

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Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt, feuding with rival Vance Crasswell over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets of Los Angeles for thirty days. But Bolt has a rude awakening when the reality of homelessness hits him. Still, he finds a silver lining in a burgeoning romance with Molly, a former Broadway dancer who has fallen on hard times.

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CAST

Mel Brooks
Goddard Bolt
Lesley Ann Warren
Molly
Jeffrey Tambor
Vance Crasswell
Stuart Pankin
Pritchard
Michael Ensign
Knowles
Howard Morris
Sailor
Matthew Faison
Stevens
Rudy De Luca
J. Paul Getty
Directed by Mel Brooks

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$4,102,526
Production
Brooksfilms, MGM-Pathé Communications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US

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