Hardly Working (1980)

Name: Hardly Working
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-01-30

1h 31m

Running Time

Plot.

In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.

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Details.

Release Date
January 30, 1980

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Content Rating
PG

Budget
$3,400,000

Box Office
$49,000,000

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Hardly Working is a 1980 American comedy film directed by, co-written by and starring Jerry Lewis and Susan Oliver, filmed in 1979, released in Europe in 1980 and then in the United States on April 3, 1981 through 20th Century Fox. This film marks the final theatrical release for Oliver, as the rest of her career only featured on several television movies and series, before her death in 1990.