Eight on the Lam

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A bank teller is suspected of embezzlement and goes on the run with his seven children.A bank teller is suspected of embezzlement and goes on the run with his seven children.A bank teller is suspected of embezzlement and goes on the run with his seven children.

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5.5/10

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Bob Hope

Henry Dimsdale

Phyllis Diller

Golda

Jonathan Winters

Police Sgt. Jasper Lynch…

Shirley Eaton

Ellie Barton

Jill St. John

Monica

Stacey Gregg

Linda
(as Stacey Maxwell)

Kevin Brodie

Steve
(as Kevin Brody)

Robert Hope

Mike

Glenn Gilger

Andy

Avis Hope

Dana

Debi Storm

Lois

Michael Freeman

Mark

Austin Willis

Mr. Pomeroy

Peter Leeds

Marty

Elvia Allman

Neighbor
(uncredited)

Phil Arnold

Bald Man in Restaurant
(uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

Police Officer
(uncredited)

George Cisar

Arthur, at Laundromat
(uncredited)

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Trivia
At one point, Golda (Phyllis Diller) tells Henry (Bob Hope), "Boy, did you get a wrong number!" In 1966 Diller and Hope appeared in Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966).

Goofs
When Dimsdale is standing and talking to his girlfriend in the living room of the house he and the children are hiding in, you can see all the children in the backyard playing. The dining room is also visible and you can see a man in a dark suit sitting at the dining room table. The man is obviously not a part of the movie.

Quotes
Henry Dimsdale: Hey, Marty! What are you doin' here at this hour? Your wife left you.
Marty: Nothing like that. This is BAD news.

Connections
Referenced in What's My Line?: Jill St. John (2) (1967)

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This is a classic -- if predictable -- 60s comedy, complete with smart-aleck kids and Bob Hope's one-liners delivered in his deadpan style. Like the big family in "Yours, Mine and Ours" some of the kids just stand around and we're to blithely accept the fact that middle-class families reproduce like rabbits, but those of us with *only* three or four kids can still identify.

Unlike the Disney movies of the same era, or the Hepburn-Tracy movies of a few years prior, the situations, clothes, and other styles truly reflect middle-class America. Oh, and it's actually funny!