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Summary
A poignant comedy about a middle-aged salesman trying to get his life and career back on track while being pushed and antagonized by an aggressive rookie he has been teamed up with.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 58
Audience score80%
IMDb5.5
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for comedies, +5 min on the typical 100
typical 100105Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1989
June 25, 1989
37 years ago
Genres
ComedyTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 14 more24 people
- John LithgowBen Cluett
- Jonathan SilvermanBilly Fox
- Margaret ColinJoanna Reath
- John GloverChick Beeler
- John M. JacksonJoe Blagdon
- Chynna PhillipsMona Voight
- DADawn ArnemannCora
- PAPaul ArmbrusterLeBeau
- Suzi BassCafe Waitress
- JCJerry CampbellLydell
- Marc ClementHarry Palatka
David DwyerHunt- CEChristopher EkholmBellboy
J. Don FergusonRiker- SDSaundra Dunson-FranksMolly
Jennifer HaleJoey- THTori HorwitzDiner Waitress
Melody KnightonBartender
Danny NelsonAckerman
Bob PennyJohn Parsons- JPJohnny PopwellDick Duffy
Alex VanBuddy
William WagesSalesman
Tim WareHarve Stratton
Directing · 1
- Irvin Kershner Director
Writing · 1
- David Taylor Writer
Production · 1
- Thomas M. Hammel Producer
Camera · 1
- William Wages Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Sidney Katz Editor
- Virginia Katz Editor
Sound · 1
- Miles Goodman Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- David Wasco Production Design
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