The Check is in the Mail...

Plastic Money... Phony Credit... Enough is Enough! This American Family Has Had It!

Duration: 83 min

Release date: 1986-05-02

IMDB

Meet Richard Jackson - a man fed up with the insanity of "plastic" suburban living. Rallying his befuddled family around him, Richard mounts an outrageously comic assault on credit card craziness, "Yuppie" status symbols and "the system" in general!

Comedy

The Check is in the Mail...

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Richard Jackson

as Peggy Jackson

as Robin Jackson

as Danny Jackson

as Gary Jackson

as Donald's Wife

as Harry Danvers

as Fred Steinkrause

Richard Foronjy

Richard Foronjy

as Tony, the Brakeman

as Dr. Brannigan

as Dr. Korngold

as Bryon Turtletaub

Leonard Lightfoot

Leonard Lightfoot

Katherine Saltzberg

Katherine Saltzberg

as Water & Power Man #1

Richard Minchenberg

Richard Minchenberg

Thomas Rollerson

Thomas Rollerson

as Sally's Boyfriend

as Travel Agent

Nanci Christopher

Nanci Christopher

as Airline Representative

Christopher Rydell

Christopher Rydell

as Drunken Sailor

Robert Clotworthy

Robert Clotworthy

as Pool Attendant

as Man at Danvers Motors

as Kathy Silvers

as T.V. Announcer

Leonard Hirschfeld

Leonard Hirschfeld

as T.V. Reporter

as Water & Power Man #2

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Associate Producer

David Michael Frank

David Michael Frank

Original Music Composer

Hubert de La Bouillerie

Hubert de La Bouillerie

Director of Photography

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Richard Kaufman

Richard Kaufman

Creative Consultant

Stunt Coordinator

Second Assistant Director

Ann Remsen Manners

Ann Remsen Manners

William L. Stevenson

William L. Stevenson

Supervising Sound Editor

Still Photographer

Alan C. Blomquist

Alan C. Blomquist

Unit Production Manager

First Assistant Camera

Penelope Selwyn

Penelope Selwyn

Production Coordinator

Camera Operator

Property Master

Jeffrey Alan Goldenberg

Jeffrey Alan Goldenberg

Second Assistant Camera

Christie Roberts

Christie Roberts

Assistant Editor

Bruce Chudacoff

Bruce Chudacoff

Location Manager

Production Coordinator

George P. Wilbur

George P. Wilbur

Renate Schneuer

Renate Schneuer

Script Supervisor

Julia Robertson

Julia Robertson

Music Supervisor

Assistant Art Director

Sharley Johnson

Sharley Johnson

Assistant Editor

First Assistant Director

Production Sound Mixer

Susan V. Kalinowski

Susan V. Kalinowski

Special Effects

Paul H. Stewart

Paul H. Stewart

Special Effects

Production Coordinator

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