---
title: 'Better Off Dead (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Savage Steve Holland'
released: '1985-08-23'
runtime_minutes: 93
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/better-off-dead-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088794/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Better Off Dead (1985)

1985 · PG · 93 min · Comedy, Romance · Australia, United States


## Synopsis

Better Off Dead is a 1985 American teen black comedy film written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin and Kim Darby. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 23, 1985.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Savage Steve Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/savage-steve-holland)
- **Screenplay:** [Savage Steve Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/savage-steve-holland)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rupert Hine](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-hine)
- **Producer:** [Michael Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-jaffe), [Gil Friesen](https://cinepixo.com/people/gil-friesen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Isidore Mankofsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/isidore-mankofsky)
- **Editor:** [Alan Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-balsam)

## Cast

- [Steven Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-williams)
- [Diane Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-franklin)
- [Chuck Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-mitchell)
- [Sebastian Dungan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-dungan)
- [Kim Darby](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-darby)
- [Dan Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-schneider)
- [Amanda Wyss](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-wyss)
- [Yuji Okumoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuji-okumoto)
- [Elizabeth Daily](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-daily)
- [Vincent Schiavelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-schiavelli)
- [Curtis Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/curtis-armstrong)
- [David Ogden Stiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ogden-stiers)
- [Rick Rosenthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-rosenthal)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)

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