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Aug 19, 2025

Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day August 19 1983 - Easy Money Premiered in Theaters.

On this day August 19 1983, the comedy film Easy Money premiered in theaters. Starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, the film tells the story of Monty Capuletti, a hard-living, wisecracking photographer who stands to inherit a fortune if he can give up drinking, smoking, and gambling for a full year.

The film showcased Dangerfield’s signature style of humor, full of one-liners and...

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