Fire Sale
5.4
“The Fikus Family: They're Not Roasted. They're Not Salted. They're Just Plain Nuts.”
Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his department store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the responsibility over to his son, Russell. While Russell doesn't get much respect from his parents, he's better off than his brother, Ezra, whom Benny has gone so far as to disown. Ezra is currently battling with his work (coach of a high school basketball team that hasn't won in ages) and his wife (who keeps nagging him that she wants to have a baby as soon as possible) at the same time.
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Cast
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Alan Arkin
Ezra Fikus
Known for
Argo
Gattaca
Rob Reiner
Russel Fikus
Known for
The Wolf of Wall Street
Hollywood
Robert Klane
Marvin Worth
Richard Halsey
Vincent Gardenia
Benny Fikus
Known for
Little Shop of Horrors
Moonstruck
Dave Grusin
Anjanette Comer
Marion Fikus
Known for
The Baby
The Appaloosa
Ralph Woolsey
Kay Medford
Ruth Fikus
Known for
Funny Girl
A Face in the Crowd
Barbara Dana
Virginia
Known for
The In-Laws
Sid Caesar
Sherman
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Grease
Alan Arkin Director · Robert Klane Screenplay Dave Grusin Composer
Budget $1.5M · United States release June 9, 1977 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Marvin Worth Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 9, 1977
Theatrical
Denmark
March 21, 1978
France
June 21, 1978
Germany
January 6, 1978
Netherlands
April 20, 1978 · Amsterdam
Sweden
March 23, 1978
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