Better Off Dead... poster

Better Off Dead... Cast & Characters

Better Off Dead... (1985) stars John Cusack as Lane Meyer, Amanda Wyss as Beth Truss and Diane Franklin as Monique Junot. The comedy movie was released October 11, 1985. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG 1985 · 1h 37m 66 Audience

Available on Apple TV

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Savage Steve Holland

Screenplay

Savage Steve Holland

Producers

Gil Friesen , Michael Jaffe , Andrew Meyer

Music

Rupert Hine

Cinematography

Isidore Mankofsky

Editor

Alan Balsam

Production design

Herman F. Zimmerman

Costume design

Brad R. Loman

Casting

Caro Jones

Full cast

37 cast members

Aaron Dozier

Roy Stalin

Curtis Armstrong

David Ogden Stiers

Johnny Gasparini

Laura Waterbury

Scooter Stevens

Badger Meyer

Frank Burt Avalon

Roy's Ski Buddy #1

Vincent Schiavelli

Elizabeth Daily

Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)

Peter Ellenstein

Roy's Ski Buddy #3

Thomas Rollerson

Roller Skater

Jonathan Charles Fox

Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)

Randy Stoklos

Jock #1

Sam High

Jock #2

David Vaughn

Jock #3

Tina Littlewood

Chris Cummins

Steven Williams

Stuart K. Robinson

Tree Trimmer's Helper

Joanne Greenwald (as Rima Delane)

Joey Tushnet

Paperboy

Sebastian Dungan

Additional Voices (voice)

Crew by department

77 crew members

Directing

Savage Steve Holland

Second Unit Director

Malcolm Brown

First Assistant Camera

Isidore Mankofsky

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Frank M. Holgate

Second Unit Director of Photography

Writing

Savage Steve Holland

Production

Shelley Kirkwood

Location Manager

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Associate Producer

Unit Production Manager

Camera

Camera Operator

Second Assistant Camera

Editing

Associate Editor

Sound

Dick Vandenberg

Sound Effects Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Supervising Sound Editor

Music

Music Supervisor

Original Music Composer

Art

Property Master

Herman F. Zimmerman

Production Design

Bud Peifer Jr.

Assistant Property Master

Visual Effects

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

David Roester

Costumer

Georgina Williams

James R. Scribner

Brad R. Loman

Costume Design

Casting

Other

A. Michael Lerner

Bruce Paul Barbour

Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon

Debbie Lynn Ross

Greg Wayne Elam

Keith Harvey

Stunts

Sharon Schaffer

Stunt Coordinator

Transportation Coordinator