Nine to Five
Getting even is a full-time job.
1980 | 110m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Colin Higgins |
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| Writer: | Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick |
| Staring: |
| Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage of the women who work with him in the grossest manner. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house, they assume control of his department, and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up? | |
| Release Date: | Dec 18, 1980 |
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| Director: | Colin Higgins |
| Writer: | Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | kidnapping, bad boss, tied up, working women, company reorganization |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, IPC Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $103,300,000
Budget: $10,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jane Fonda | Judy Bernly |
| Lily Tomlin | Violet Newstead |
| Dolly Parton | Doralee Rhodes |
| Dabney Coleman | Franklin M. Hart Jr. |
| Sterling Hayden | Russell Tinsworthy |
| Elizabeth Wilson | Roz Keith |
| Henry Jones | Mr. Hinkle |
| Lawrence Pressman | Dick Bernly |
| Marian Mercer | Missy Hart |
| Ren Woods | Barbara |
| Norma Donaldson | Betty |
| Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini | Maria Delgado |
| Peggy Pope | Margaret Foster |
| Richard Stahl | Meade |
| Raymond Vitte | Eddie Smith |
| Edward Marshall | Bob Enright |
| Alan Haufrect | Chuck Strell |
| Earl Boen | Mr. Perkins |
| Jeffrey Douglas Thomas | Dwayne Rhodes |
| Tom Tarpey | Norman Lane |
| Michael Delano | Motorcycle Cop |
| Barbara Chase | Buffy |
| Helene Heigh | Charlotte |
| Vicki Belmonte | Phoebe Hotz |
| Jerrold Ziman | Tom Wood |
| Eric Mansker | Mailroom Clerk |
| Shirley Anthony | Maxine |
| Michael Hehr | Intern |
| Gary Bisig | Medic |
| Brad David | Medic (as Brad David Stockton) |
| Raymond O'Keefe | Man in Hospital |
| Vanna Salviati | Woman in Hospital |
| Elisabeth Fraser | (uncredited) |
| Les Jankey | Disabled Office Worker (uncredited) |
| Berniece Janssen | Extra (uncredited) |
| Terrence E. McNally | Policeman |
| Esther Sutherland | Janitress |
| Peter Hobbs | Doctor |
| Gavin Mooney | Detective |
| David Price | Josh Newstead |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Colin Higgins | Screenplay, Director |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects |
| Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
| Reynaldo Villalobos | Director of Photography |
| Mel Cooper | Leadman |
| Richard Hashimoto | Unit Production Manager |
| Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Gary Daigler | Assistant Director |
| Dean Mitzner | Production Design |
| M. James Arnett | Stunt Coordinator |
| Nicholas Eliopoulos | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bob Wray | Set Designer |
| Chris Soldo | Second Assistant Director |
| Matt Sweeney | Special Effects |
| Richard M. Rubin | Property Master |
| Gregory Pickrell | Set Designer |
| Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| Jack G. Taylor Jr. | Art Direction |
| Ralph Nelson Jr. | Still Photographer |
| Terry Liebling | Casting |
| Pembroke J. Herring | Editor |
| Godfrey Marks | Dialogue Editor |
| George Eckert | Set Designer |
| Doug Pentek | Gaffer |
| Gary Kalkin | Unit Publicist |
| Shirlee Strahm | Costume Supervisor |
| Ve Neill | Makeup Artist |
| Dolly Parton | Theme Song Performance |
| Charles Fox | Original Music Composer |
| Patricia Resnick | Screenplay, Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bruce Gilbert | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 15 |
| 2024 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 10 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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I can't help but think that if some of the folks churning out the bad-ass "girl power" nonsense of the naughties were to look back at films like this; they might see a clear demonstration of what real girl power actually is... Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton are three working women at vario ... us stages of the corporate food chain - presided over by their womanising , parasitic boss Dabney Coleman. Initially suspicious of each other, they unite over some of Tomlin's teenage son's weed and decide to take matters into their own hands. What follows is at times a laugh-out-loud comedy as they manipulate and reek revenge on their hapless, helpless boss. It could never be called subtle, but it does illustrate clearly that wits and guile are more than enough to achieve their aims without the need for long fight scenes; flashing their flesh and/or continuous bad language. The title song isn't bad, ether...