Down and Out in Beverly Hills
A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Released
- 1986
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1986
Storyline
A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
Top credits
Nick Nolte — Jerry Baskin
Bette Midler — Barbara Whiteman
Richard Dreyfuss — Dave Whiteman
Little Richard — Orvis Goodnight
Did you know
• The first movie from the Disney company (produced/released under their "Touchstone" company) to receive an "R" rating from the MPAA.
• Nick Nolte spent five weeks as a homeless person in preparation for his role.
• Nick Nolte's character remarks that he became a bum in part because he was "pretty active politically in the '60s. Sold some draft cards." In real life, Nolte received five years' probation for selling fake draft cards in the 1960s.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $62,134,225
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $5,726,495 (1986-02-02)
User reviews
An American Remake of a French Comedy Featuring a Winning Cast...
A homeless man is a adopted by a rich family
"Shaddup, you pudtz!"
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
