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Better Off Dead

Better Off Dead

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1985

97 minutes (1 hrs 37 mins)

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Directed by

Savage Steve Holland

Starring

John Cusack · David Ogden Stiers · Kim Darby · Demian Slade · Scooter Stevens · Diane Franklin

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Release dates

US release date

US release: 11th October 1985

Japan release date

Japan release: 14th December 1985

Brazil release date

Brazil release: 25th December 1985

Certificates

US
PG

K-12

15

PG

L

PG

Total grosses

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