It Could Be Worse

Feb 9, 1983

1h 35m

★ 2.4

Overview

A macho junk shopkeeper, a lunar lawyer and a storekeeper meet by pure chance and develop the century's hold-up.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Le Goff Productions

It Could Be Worse Trailers

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Cast

Jean-Philippe Delorme

Henri Courseaux

Charles Murat

Daniel Russo

Jack Renard, the Mayor

Darry Cowl

The lawyer

Geneviève Grad

Inspector Lanvin

Catherine Lachens

Daniel Cordet

Pierre Reggiani

The biker

Mike Marshall

The doctor

Hubert Deschamps

Monsieur Lambert

Daniel Prévost

Pivot

Jacques Balutin

Marthe Mahler

Corinne Touzet

Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!

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