Take This Job and Shove It (film)

Take This Job and Shove It
Directed byGus Trikonis
Screenplay byBarry Schneider
Story byJeffrey Bernini
Barry Schneider
Produced byPaul Baratta (associate producer)
Greg Blackwell (producer)
William J. Immerman (executive producer)
Al Kasha (associate producer)
J. David Marks (executive producer)
StarringRobert Hays
Art Carney
Barbara Hershey
David Keith
Tim Thomerson
Martin Mull
Eddie Albert
Penelope Milford
David Allan Coe
CinematographyJames Devis
Edited byRichard Belding
Music byBilly Sherrill
Production
company
Cinema Group Ventures
Distributed byAvco Embassy Pictures
Release date
  • May 15, 1981 (1981-05-15)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.8 million[1][2]
Box office$17,569,030 (US) or $12 million[3]

Take This Job and Shove It is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Robert Hays, Barbara Hershey, Art Carney, and David Keith.

The film was named after a popular country song, "Take This Job and Shove It", which was written by David Allan Coe and sung by Johnny Paycheck; both men had minor roles in the film.

  1. ^ Chase, Donald (Mar 14, 1982). "THE NEW STAR PRODUCERS". Los Angeles Times. p. K1 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ 'Avco's Way to Lick the Movie Giants of Hollywood', New Straits Times, 6 Dec1981 p 8
  3. ^ Moreland, Pamela (12 July 1981). "Loser at Box-Office, Often Lucrative on the Box: Pay TV, Videodiscs and In-Flight Film Deals Leading Investors to the Movies". Los Angeles Times. p. g1.

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