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Cast

Mel Brooks
as Goddard Bolt

Lesley Ann Warren
as Molly

Jeffrey Tambor
as Crasswell

Stuart Pankin
as Pritchard

Howard Morris
as Sailor

Rudy De Luca
as Getty

Teddy Wilson
as Fumes

Michael Ensign
as Knowles

Matthew Faison
as Stevens

Billy Barty
as Willy

Brian Thompson
as Mean Victor

Raymond O'Connor
as Yo

Carmine Caridi
as Flophouse Owner

Sammy Shore
as Reverend at Wedding

Frank Roman
as Spanish Interpreter

Marvin Braverman
as Dr. Kahahn

Robert Ridgely
as Fergueson

Marvin Braveman
as Dr. Kahahn

John Welsh
as Dodd

Stanley Brock
as Store Owner

James Van Patten
as Wheelchair Attendant

Michael Pniewski
as Male Nurse

Marianne Muellerleile
as Head Nurse

Anne Betancourt
as Nurse

Kathryn Skatula
as Nurse

Robin Shepard
as Nurse

Angela Gordon
as Capacity Nurse

Mary Watson
as Newscaster

Saida Pagan
as Newscaster

Tamara Taylor
as Newscaster

Henry Kaiser
as Newscaster

Danny Wells
as Mercedes Driver

Larry Cedar
as Paramedic

Christopher Birt
as Paramedic

Johnny Cocktails
as Burrito-Eating Bum

Clifton Wells
as Taco Stand Owner

George Berkeley
as Derelict Outside Flophouse

Anthony Messina
as Policeman

David Correia
as Policeman

Helene Winston
as Society Patron

Terrence Williams
as Boy Dancing in Doorway

Joan Crosby
as Woman at Fire

Ira Miller
as Man at Fire

Jim Mapp
as Blind Man

James Mapp
as Blind Man

Sam Menning
as Old Wino

Ralph Ahn
as Chinese Cook

Stu Gilliam
as Desmond

Darrow Igus
as Maynard

James Martinez
as Dancing Vagrant at Party

Rose DuCaine
as Dancing Dowager at Party

Ralph Mauro
as Hors d'oeuvre Vagrant at Party

Martin Charles Warner
as Dirty Faced Vagrant at Party

Anthony Thomas Mitchell
as Nibbler Driver

Patrick Valenzuela
as Street Person at Fight

Carmen Filpi
as Pops

Casey King
as Shopping Cart Chauffer

Jere Laird
as Stock Market Reporter

Jennifer Warren

RONNY GRAHAM
as Priest

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Critic Reviews for Life Stinks

Audience Reviews for Life Stinks

• Apr 07, 2018

  Brooks' heart is in the right place here and while the movie definitely has problems I think it is better than its reputation. Honestly I prefer Brooks trying something new rather than just making another spoof.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Dec 22, 2017

  An underrated Mel Brooks comedy that benefits from funny situations and great performances (especially Brooks and Warren, who steals the show every time she appears), disappointing only for coming up with a silly and implausible conclusion for the character's problems.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• May 23, 2013

  Heck! This MOVIE stinks! Not funny in the least.
  Christian C Super Reviewer
• Feb 03, 2010

  If a comedy is to be made from the plight of the homeless, who have to scrape through their days returning deposit bottles and cleaning car windshields to get their daily bread as the rich get richer and more heartless, it may as well be Mel Brooks' Life Stinks. The trademark Brooks humor dominates this fable about a ruthless billionaire, Goddard Bolt (Mel Brooks), who wants to obliterate a poor section of Los Angeles and build a high-tech commercial center in its place. His only problem is that he owns only half the land needed for the construction, the other half belonging to equally ruthless billionaire Vance Craswell (Jeffrey Tambor), who has his own ideas for the land. The two try to buy each other out until, finally, a deal is struck: Craswell bets that Bolt cannot survive a month on the streets as a homeless man. If Bolt makes it, he gets the property. If he doesn't, Craswell gets it. Bolt agrees and, as a poor man, he begins to feel the pain of being uprooted and alone, even meeting a friendly homeless woman, Molly (Lesley Ann Warren) with whom he forms an attachment.
  Martin D Super Reviewer

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