# Has anyone ever seen or heard of "Only A Buck?"

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**Created:** [April 3, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-or-heard-of-only-a-buck/101578 "2002-04-03T14:27:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-or-heard-of-only-a-buck/101578/1 "2002-04-03T14:27:54Z")

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Sometime in the late '80s a friend of mine lent me a copy of a film called “Only A Buck.” It was a low budget piece produced by some independents in California (IIRC.) When they were unable to find a distributor, they pooled their resources, duped a bunch of copies, and drove around the country selling it from the back of their van. My friend met them in a bar in Chicago and bought a copy.

Fast forward 15 years or so and it still hasn’t been realeased by a distrubutor, but I’d love to see it again. I’ve tried some on-line movie search groups, who get no further than confirming that it actually exists before hitting a brick wall. Has anyone here heard of or seen this movie? Anyone know where a fellow could score a copy? Enquiring minds want to know. Thanks much, etc.