--- title: 'Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'John Badham' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 118 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/whose-life-is-it-anyway-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083326/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) 1981 · 118 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Whose Life Is It Anyway? is a 1981 American drama film directed by John Badham and starring Richard Dreyfuss. It was adapted by Brian Clark and Reginald Rose from Clark's 1972 television movie and 1978 stage play, all under the same title. Whose Life Is It Anyway? received a 70% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews and an average rating of 6.58/10. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Badham](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-badham) - **Screenplay:** [Reginald Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-rose), [Brian Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-clark) - **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur B. Rubinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-b-rubinstein) - **Director of Photography:** [Mario Tosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-tosi) - **Editor:** [Frank Morriss](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-morriss) ## Cast - [Thomas Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-carter) - [Mel Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-stewart) - [Lyman Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyman-ward) - [John Cassavetes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cassavetes) - [Jeffrey Combs](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-combs) - [Kenneth McMillan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-mcmillan) - [George Wyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wyner) as Dr Jacobs - [Janet Eilber](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-eilber) - [Kaki Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaki-hunter) - [Richard Dreyfuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dreyfuss) - [Christine Lahti](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-lahti) - [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/whose-life-is-it-anyway-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q340130); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.