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When Academy Award® winners Walter Matthau and Robin Williams team up as a pair of lovable losers pursued by a psychopathic killer, you can bet that madness and mayhem are not far behind. Donald Quinelle (Williams), a rising sales executive, is sacked by his boss's pet parrot the same day that Sonny Paluso (Matthau) watches his gas station go up in flames. Drowning their sorrows at a coffee shop, the two New Yorkers disarm a would-be bandit Jack Locke (Jerry Reed), and briefly become media heroes - then quickly learn about the price and perils of survival in an insane world. Jack is freed by a bureaucratic slipup and goes gunning for Sonny and Donald, who discover that their survival depends on their friendship at all costs. The unique blend of Williams' frenzied humor and Matthau's subtle wit makes the Survivors an outrageously hilarious comedy.
Original Release
06/22/1983
US Release
06/22/1983
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Walter Matthau | Sonny Paluso |
Robin Williams | Donald Quinelle |
Jerry Reed | Jack Locke |
James Wainwright | Wes Huntley |
Kristen Vigard | Candice Paluso |
Annie McEnroe | Doreen |
Anne Pitoniak | Betty |
Bernard Barrow | TV station manager |
Marian Hailey | Jack's Wife |
Joseph Carberry | Detective Matt Burke |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Walter Matthau | Sonny Paluso |
Robin Williams | Donald Quinelle |
Jerry Reed | Jack Locke |
James Wainwright | Wes Huntley |
Kristen Vigard | Candice Paluso |
Annie McEnroe | Doreen |
Anne Pitoniak | Betty |
Bernard Barrow | TV station manager |
Marian Hailey | Jack's Wife |
Joseph Carberry | Detective Matt Burke |
Skipp Lynch | Wiley |
Marilyn Cooper | Waitress |
Meg Mundy | Mace Lover |
Yudie Bank | Accosted Old Lady |
Michael P. Moran | Gun Salesman |
Norma Pratt | Armed Little Lady |
John De Bello | Salesman |
Del Hinkley | Wes Man #1 / Wes Man |
Morgan Upton | Cost-Conscious Survivalist |
John Goodman | Commando |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Howard Pine | Executive Producer |
Peter Bergmann | Producer |
William Sackheim | Producer |