Eight on the Lam

{{Infobox film

| name = Eight on the Lam

| image = Eight_on_the_Lam poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = George Marshall

| producer = Bill Lawrence

| story = Bob Fisher
Arthur Marx

| screenplay = Albert E. Lewin
Burt Styler
Bob Fisher
Arthur Marx

| starring = Bob Hope
Phyllis Diller
Jonathan Winters

| music = George Romanis

| cinematography = Alan Stensvold

| editing = R.A. Radecki
Grant Whytock

| studio = Hope Enterprises

| distributor = United Artists

| released = {{Film date|1967|04|29}}

| runtime = 107 mins.

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $3,107,644 (US/ Canada)"Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.

}}

Eight on the Lam is a 1967 American comedy film directed by George Marshall. It stars Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller.{{cite web|title=Eight on the Lam (1967) - George Marshall {{!}} Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related {{!}} AllMovie|url=http://allmovie.com/work/eight-on-the-lam-90334|publisher=AllMovie|access-date=16 August 2016}}

Plot

Bank teller Henry Dimsdale (Bob Hope) finds ten $1,000 bills. He is a widower with seven kids and could use the money, and housekeeper Golda (Phyllis Diller) tells him it's a case of finders keepers.

Henry waits two weeks to see if anyone claims the missing money. No one does, so he splurges on a new car and a diamond ring for Ellie Barton (Shirley Eaton), his fiancee. But when the bank discovers a $50,000 shortage, Henry becomes a prime suspect. He, his family and Ellie take it on the lam to Arizona.

A detective, Jasper Lynch (Jonathan Winters), the boyfriend of Golda, is assigned to investigate. Henry's boss at the bank, Pomeroy (Austin Willis), is seen with a sexy younger woman, Monica (Jill St. John), who has expensive tastes. After a chase, Henry is placed under arrest. His kids hide a tape recorder in Pomeroy's pocket, though, and get an admission of guilt. That frees their dad to marry Ellie while the helpful Golda and Jasper do likewise.