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Better Off Dead

 1985
 97 minutes (1 hrs 37 mins)
Better Off Dead
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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

12

PG

PG

M/6

K-12

L

PG

15

11

Total grosses

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