---
title: 'The Stupids (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Landis'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-stupids-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117768/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Stupids (1996)

1996 · 94 min · Adventure · United Kingdom, United States, Canada


## Synopsis

The Stupids is a 1996 adventure comedy film starring Tom Arnold and directed by John Landis. It is based on The Stupids, characters from a series of books written by Harry Allard and illustrated by James Marshall.
The film follows the fictional family, the Stupids, with a last name synonymous with their behavior. The story begins with patriarch Stanley Stupid believing "sender" from letters marked "return to sender" is a wicked man planning a conspiracy. Adding several misunderstandings, they unwittingly save the world from military chaos, while believing a fake story about a fictional man named Sender and his plot to confiscate everyone's mail and garbage.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Landis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-landis)
- **Producer:** [John Landis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-landis), [Leslie Belzberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-belzberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Brent Forrester](https://cinepixo.com/people/brent-forrester)

## Cast

- [Norman Jewison](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-jewison)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee)
- [Costa-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/costa-gavras)
- [Gillo Pontecorvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillo-pontecorvo)
- [Jessica Lundy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-lundy)
- [Jenny McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-mccarthy)
- [Gurinder Chadha](https://cinepixo.com/people/gurinder-chadha)
- [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- [Bob Keeshan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-keeshan)
- [Kevin Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-conway)
- [Matt Keeslar](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-keeslar)
- [Mark Metcalf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-metcalf)
- [Alex McKenna](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-mckenna)
- [Bug Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/bug-hall)
- [Tom Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-arnold)

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