Easy Money

To inherit his mother-in-law’s colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.

• Director: James Signorelli
• Genre:Comedy
• Runtime:96 minutes

Cast

Rodney Dangerfield: Monty Capuletti
Joe Pesci : Nicky Cerone
Geraldine Fitzgerald : Mrs. Monahan
Candice Azzara : Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
Val Avery : Louie the Bartender

Monty Capuletti is a hard-living, heavy-drinking, pot-smoking, gambling family man who makes his living as a baby photographer. He loves his wife Rose but has a very tense relationship with his snobby mother-in-law, Mrs. Monahan, who runs a successful department store chain and hates the way Monty acts and lives.

The irresponsible Monty can’t even pick up a wedding cake for his engaged daughter Allison without fouling up. He and his best friend, Nicky, a plumber, drink while driving and destroy the cake.

All of a sudden, Monty’s mother-in-law dies. His family is in for an inheritance, but attorney Scrappleton reveals that Mrs. Monahan left a stipulation in her will that if Monty is able to curb his vices for a year by going on a diet and giving up drugs and gambling, he will receive $10 million. If not, the family gets nothing. Allison’s wedding to the peculiar Julio goes off without a hitch, at least until the wedding night. The guys Monty would often drink and gamble with are also interested in whether or not Monty can really give up everything they did together, and are betting whether or not he will make it. Monty and Nicky go to the mother-in-law’s department store and find awkward fashions and catering to a clientle which clearly do not include the likes of Nicky and Monty. Nicky then argues that it may not be worth it to Monty if this is the kind of atmosphere he will be exposed to, but Monty points out he must tough it out in order to provide for his wife and daughters, not just him. Meanwhile, the scheming Clive, right-hand man to Mrs. Monahan, does his best to undermine Monty’s resolve so the old lady’s money and department store can instead be left to him.

Monty ultimately reforms. When a year is up, he and the family celebrate aboard a boat. To his chagrin, though, Mrs. Monahan turns up. She had faked her own death, simply to persaude her slovenly son-in-law to straighten up. Ultimately, though, she gives the money to Monty. Now rich, Monty and his wife and kids live in a mansion. However, any notion that he is truly a new man is dispelled when Monty kisses his mother-in-law good night, then proceeds to a hideaway for pizza, poker and beer. Read more

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