Couples and Robbers
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Couples and Robbers is a 1981 English language comedy/crime film written and directed by Clare Peploe, starring Frances Low, Rik Mayall and Peter Eyre. Two couples -- one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes -- are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Cast
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Frances Low
Wendy Anne MacDonald
Known for
Shallow Grave
Rik Mayall
Morris David Boyd
Known for
The Young Ones
Bottom
Raymond Day
Clare Peploe
Peter Eyre
Walter
Known for
Dragonslayer
Orlando
Christine Oestreicher
Ernie Eban
Frank Grimes
Julian Miller
Known for
The Whales of August
James Scott
Katherine Best
Green Eyelids
Known for
Xtro
Richard Bremmer
PC
Richenda Carey
Registrar
Clare Peploe Director · Ernie Eban Writer
United States release October 7, 1981
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 7, 1981
Theatrical
Belgium
August 30, 1988
Netherlands
July 21, 1983
United Kingdom
July 1, 1982
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