The ‘Burbs (1989)

Theatrical - Wide 1989-02-17

Cast Tom Hanks Bruce Dern Carrie Fisher Rick Ducommun Wendy Schaal
Directed by Joe Dante

Box Office Gross: $49,101,993

Running Time: 102 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Rollins-Morra-Brezner Productions

Genres: Comedy Horror Thriller

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When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it’s hardly how Ray, who... See more much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

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