Eight on the Lam

Eight on the Lam
Directed by	George Marshall
Produced by	Bill Lawrence
Written by	Bob Fisher Arthur Marx
Screenplay by	Albert E. Lewin Burt Styler
Starring	Bob Hope Phyllis Diller Jonathan Winters
Music by	George Romanis
Cinematography	Alan Stensvold
Edited by	R.A. Radecki Grant Whytock
Production company	Hope Enterprises
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	April 29, 1967
Running time	107 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,107,644 (US/ Canada)

Eight on the Lam is a 1967 Technicolor film directed by George Marshall. It stars Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller.

Bank teller Henry Dimsdale (Bob Hope) finds ten $1,000 bills. He is a widower with seven kids and could use the money, and housekeeper Golda (Phyllis Diller) tells him it's a case of finder's keepers.

Henry waits two weeks to see if anyone claims the missing money. No one does, so he splurges on a new car and a diamond ring for Ellie Barton (Shirley Eaton), his fiancee. But when the bank discovers a $50,000 shortage, Henry becomes a prime suspect. He, his family and Ellie take it on the lam to Arizona.

A detective, Jasper Lynch (Jonathan Winters), the boyfriend of Golda, is assigned to investigate. Henry's boss at the bank, Pomeroy (Austin Willis), is seen with a sexy younger woman, Monica (Jill St. John), who has expensive tastes. After a chase, Henry is placed under arrest. His kids hide a tape recorder in Pomeroy's pocket, though, and get an admission of guilt. That frees their dad to marry Ellie while the helpful Golda and Jasper do likewise.