Film

Hot Money

1983 · 1h 18m · Comedy · Crime

You gotta be cool when the money's this hot.

IMDb

6.3

Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?

Michael Murphy

Burt / Tom

Orson Welles

Sheriff Paisley

Ann Lange

Jeanette

Daniel Buccos

Federal Agent

Lu M. Dishart

Tom's Secretary

Sharon Dyer

Fat Lady

Michele Finney

T.J. Pierson

Jo Ann Frost

Female Prison Guard

Marvin Goldhar

Ron Morrow

John Granik

Bill Martin

Tom Harvey

Carl Page

Don James

Reporter

Ken James

Donovan

Thomas Kopache

Warden

Ray Landry

Assistant D.A.

Cynthia Long

Mary

• Zale MagderDirector · Producer
• Joel CohenWriter
• Phyllis CamesanoWriter
• Carl DeSantisWriter
• Neil CohenWriter
• Terry MarlowExecutive Producer
• Michael NobregaExecutive Producer
• Douglas MacdonaldExecutive Producer
• Stan MestelDirector of Photography
• John JonesOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Comedy, Crime