How to Beat the High Cost of Living
How to Beat the High Cost of Living is a 1980 comedy film, starring Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James and Jessica Lange. Also in the cast are Dabney Coleman, Fred Willard, Richard Benjamin, Eddie Albert, Cathryn Damon, and a cameo by Jane Curtins fellow Saturday Night Live costar Garrett Morris. The movie was released in summer of 1980, grossing approximately US 7.5 million.
Jane is divorced, trying to cope with the man she is dating, Robert Fred Willard, her newly single father Eddie Albert, who moves in with Jane after his wife leaves him for another woman, and her young children, who need dental work. Jane learns she is pregnant, which makes Robert unhappy since both he and Jane are nearly broke.Elaines husband, an architect, has left her for a younger woman. He has also left her with no money, no credit cards, and lots of bills, all of which are very overdue, leading to a scene with a man at the power company Garrett Morris. Depressed, she gets drunk and her car is pulled over by police officer Jack Dabney Coleman. Elaine makes a pass at him, trying to get out of the ticket. When he accepts, then reveals he is married, Elaine smacks him with her purse. She makes it clear that if she is arrested by Jack, her one phone call will be to his wife. ........
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