The Money Pit

The Money Pit

For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.

1986•1h 31m•6.5/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(1K)

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

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Production

Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Walter Fielding, Jr.

Shelley Long

Shelley Long

Anna Crowley

Alexander Godunov

Alexander Godunov

Max Beissart

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Estelle

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Art Shirk

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Curly

Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

Jack Schnittman

Yakov Smirnoff

Yakov Smirnoff

Shatov

Carmine Caridi

Carmine Caridi

Brad Shirk

Brian Backer

Brian Backer

Ethan

Billy Lombardo

Benny

Mia Dillon

Mia Dillon

Marika

John van Dreelen

Carlos

Douglass Watson

Walter Fielding, Sr.

Lucille Dobrin

Macumba Lady

Tetchie Agbayani

Tetchie Agbayani

Florinda Fielding

Scott Turchin

Mover #1

Radu Gavor

Mover #2

Grisha Dimant

Mover #3

Lutz Rath

Geza

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