Better Off Dead (1985)
Better Off Dead...
Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
97 min
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
- Release date
- August 23, 1985
- Country of origin
- United States, Australia
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Box office
- $10,297,601
Trailer
Cast
- John Cusack as Lane Meyer
- David Ogden Stiers as Al Meyer
- Kim Darby as Jenny Meyer
- Demian Slade as Johnny Gasparini
- Scooter Stevens as Badger Meyer
- Diane Franklin as Monique Junot
- Laura Waterbury as Mrs. Smith
- Dan Schneider as Ricky Smith
- Yuji Okumoto as Yee Sook Ree
- Brian Imada as Chen Ree
Crew
- Savage Steve Holland · Director
- Savage Steve Holland · Writer
- Michael Jaffe · Producer
- Rupert Hine · Composer
- Isidore Mankofsky · Cinematographer
- Alan Balsam · Editor
- Caro Jones · Casting director
- Herman F. Zimmerman · Production designer