Lucky Stiff (1988 film)

This article is about the 1988 film. For the unrelated 1949 film, see The Lucky Stiff. For the unrelated musical, see Lucky Stiff. For the unrelated 2014 film, see Lucky Stiff (2014 film).

Lucky Stiff
File:Lucky Stiff 1988.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Anthony Perkins
Written by	Pat Proft
Produced by	Gerald T. Olson Sara Risher
Starring	Donna Dixon Joe Alaskey
Cinematography	Jacques Haitkin
Edited by	Michael N. Knue Tom Walls
Music by	Tom Jenkins Michael Tavera
Production company	New Line Cinema
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	November 1988 (USA)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States Stuntman- Dustin DeMont
Language	American

Lucky Stiff is a 1988 American black comedy film written by Pat Proft and directed by Anthony Perkins. It is his only directing credit apart from Psycho III.

Plot

Ron Douglas takes a vacation in the mountains to seek solace from his bride abandoning him on their wedding day. There he meets Cynthia Mitchell, who invites him home for Christmas dinner with her family, cannibalistic descendants of the Donner Party. He unexpectedly encounters his ex-fiancée, who is engaged to one of Cynthia's relatives. He also discovers that he is going to be killed and eaten by Cynthia's family. He manages to successfully escape with his ex-fiancée and she agrees to go through with the wedding.

Cast

• Donna Dixon as Cynthia Mitchell
• Joe Alaskey as Ron Douglas
• Jeff Kober as Ike
• Fran Ryan as Ma
• William Morgan Sheppard as Pa
• Barbara Howard as Frances
• Leigh McCloskey as Eric West
• Elizabeth Arlen as Arlene
• Charles Frank as Durel
• Andy Wood as Futterman
• Bill Quinn as Emmet Kassler
• David Smith as Roman Kassler
• Joe Unger as Kirby
• Dustin "Beluga" DeMont as the 3rd grade stuntman double

Production

Filming took place in Truckee, California.

Release

The film was released in the United States in November 1988, followed by Australia on December 7, 1989, France on February 21, 1990, and Portugal on March 15, 1991. While a box office failure, the film developed a cult following due to its quotable dialogue and exposure in Fangoria, who did a feature on the film.

External links

• Lucky Stiff at IMDb
• Lucky Stiff at Rotten Tomatoes