# What movie was this? (Danny Devito) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864 "2019-09-08T01:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/1 "2019-09-08T01:57:55Z")
I vaguely remember a comic movie which I think I saw in the early 1990s starring Danny DeVito. I may, in fact probably do, remember the plot all wrong, but my recollection is that it went something like this: DeVito was the evil, or at least stupendously uncompassionate, head of a manufacturing plant in New England that was going broke, and he was happy to have it close on behalf of the stockholders, whose financial interests would be protected. But a sassy and beautiful female attorney had a plan for how the plant could be made profitable. He didn’t want to hear anything about it, of course. Her plans ultimately prevailed, naturally. I may have mangled the plot very very badly, but the one thing I distinctly recall was Devito’s love of donuts (I think it was even specifically Krispy Kreme, I’m not sure). He frequently ate them, sang the praises of them, and offered them to others. What movie was that? I’ve looked at a list of DeVito films and none seem to be ringing a bell. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/2 "2019-09-08T01:59:35Z")
[Other People’s Money](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102609/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/3 "2019-09-08T02:43:05Z")
Nice! Burpo, 2 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/4 "2019-09-08T02:48:31Z")
I’d’ve been here sooner, but I had to let the dogs out. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/5 "2019-09-08T04:37:58Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I may have mangled the plot very very badly, You have a fair bit :). It’s not his plant( hence “other people’s money” ), rather he’s a corporate raider looking to loot it. And it is not at all insolvent, but rather flush with assets he can loot. What it is is a successful facility in a declining industry that will probably _eventually_ become insolvent as it becomes obsolete. DeVito wants to loot it now for the benefit for himself and the shareholders before the value whittles away to nothing. And he wins. In the _postscript_ his perky romantic interest/enemy proposes a new use for the facility, but he only agrees to meet over it, he hasn’t agreed to anything when the film ends. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/6 "2019-09-08T04:43:42Z")
Double-post ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/7 "2019-09-08T05:50:44Z")
Boom! Two minutes and done. I love this place. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/8 "2019-09-08T18:17:54Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’d’ve been here sooner, but I had to let the dogs out. Well, _that_ question is answered. Next, to find who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/9 "2019-09-08T19:42:34Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Well, _that_ question is answered. Next, to find who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong. Again, Danny Devito. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/10 "2019-09-08T22:10:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Nice! Burpo, 2 minutes. That’s what his wife says. Sarcastically. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/11 "2019-09-08T23:47:30Z")
I don’t have to take this abuse from you, I’ve got hundreds of people dying to abuse me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/12 "2019-09-09T00:06:32Z")
Burpo…he’s a bad, bad man. Bad catfish! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/13 "2019-09-09T00:11:31Z")
**My wife thought it was funny.** ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864/14 "2019-09-10T13:25:03Z")
Not too shabby of a flick. Gregory Pecks character is a stubborn fool who could have prevented or greatly delayed what happened. Devitos “take the money” speech towards the end is quite convincing and he delivers it impeccably.