From director Ted Kotcheff (Rambo: First Blood), I was very interested to see the original version of this comedy film, remade with Jim Carrey. It is the same format, executive engineer Dick Harper (The Cable Guy's George Segal) is unexpectedly fired by Charlie Blanchard (Ed McMahon) just after finishing a new swimming pool, and he and his wife Jane (Jane Fonda) are in financial trouble. They try to cut down their expenses, find new jobs and ways to get money, and even with unemployment benefits it is uncertain they can keep the house. There is nothing for it for Dick and Jane, when they gain the confidence to they begin robbing drug and liquor stores. Doing this they seem to be surviving and maintaining their social status, it is only a question of whether they will be caught or get away with it all. Also starring Richard 'Dick' Gautier as Dr. Will, Allan Miller as Loan Company Manager, Hank Garcia as Raoul Esteban, John Dehner as Jane's father, Mary Jackson as Jane's mother, Walter Brooke as Jim Weeks, Sean Frye as Billy Harper, James Jeter as Immigration officer and Maxine Stuart as Blanchard's secretary and Fred Willard as Bob. Segal and Fonda make a good duo, there are more amusing jokes than in the remake, it is a pleasant feel-good (or bad that they resort to robbery) comedy classic. Worth watching!
Review of Fun with Dick and Jane
