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Better Off Dead
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
Release dates
US release11th October 1985
Japan release14th December 1985
Brazil release25th December 1985
Certificates
US
PG
PG
PG
PG
15
K-12
12
L
11
PG
M/6
Total grosses
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Global total gross
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