Things Are Tough All Over 1982
“The original HIGH Rollers hit the strip!”
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- Director
- Thomas K. Avildsen
- Networks
- C & C Brown Production, Columbia Pictures
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What is Things Are Tough All Over?
Topic: Film "Things Are Tough All Over" (1982). Goal: Factual, original 150-190 word overview.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1982
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- Release date
- Aug 4, 1982
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- United States of America
- Studios
- C & C Brown Production, Columbia Pictures
- Revenue
- $21,134,374
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 5.6/10 from 81 votes
- Episode runtime
- ~90 minutes
- Status
- Released
- Networks
- C & C Brown Production, Columbia Pictures
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Topic: Film "Things Are Tough All Over" (1982).
Goal: Factual, original 150-190 word overview.
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Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
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Word count: 150-190 words.
Title: Things Are Tough All Over.
Year: 1982.
Genre: Action and Comedy / American action stoner comedy.
Director: Thomas K. Avildsen.
Stars: Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin (playing two aging hippies).
Additional roles: Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin also play Arab businessmen Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib.
Release Date (US): 08/04/1982.
Rating: R.
Runtime: 1h 30m.
Plot:
Cheech and Chong are hired by Slyman and Habib.
Task: Drive a limousine to Las Vegas.
Hidden detail: $5 million is secretly stashed in the front seat.
Action: They sell the car piece by piece to get there, including the seven-figure front seat.
Conflict: Slyman and Habib are after them, swearing to kill them after appropriate torture.
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Should you watch it?
“Cheech and Chong drive a limousine to Las Vegas with five million dollars secretly stashed inside.”
- Features Cheech and Chong in a high-stakes cross-country situation.
- Combines action and comedy elements across a ninety-minute runtime.
- Involves a desperate plot to transport five million dollars to Las Vegas.
- Viewers who dislike the comedic style of the main actors may not enjoy the film.
Watch it if you enjoy action and comedy films starring Cheech and Chong as they navigate dangerous situations on the road to Las Vegas.
The film blends action and comedy across a brisk runtime, carrying an R rating.
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It is worth watching if you enjoy the comedic stylings and chaotic misadventures of Cheech and Chong.
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The film has a runtime of one hour and thirty minutes.
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Things Are Tough All Over is classified under action and comedy.
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