Cheech & Chong im Dauerstress (1982) Online

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Toni Attell	-	Cocktail Waitress
	Mike Bacarella	-	Cop in Laundromat
	Billy Beck	-	Pop, Manager Red Wagon Adult Motel
	Don Bovingloh	-	Maitre D'
	Richard 'Moon' Calhoun	-	Drummer
	Tommy Chong	-	Chong / Prince Habib
	Jennifer Condos	-	Bass Player
	John Corrona	-	St. Louis Biker
	Dave Coulier	-	Man with Tongue in Restaurant (as David Couwlier)
	Shelby Chong	-	French Girl #1 (as Shelby Fiddis)
	Aaron Freeman	-	Cop in Ghetto
	Mike Friedman	-	Car Rental Agent
	Evelyn Guerrero	-	Donna, Cheech's Friend smuggling illegals
	Maya Harman	-	Belly Dancer
	Vanaghan S. Housepian	-	Henchman

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong play dual roles in this movie. They play themselves as well as two Middle Eastern Arab businessmen, Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. Previously, Cheech had played two parts in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980). The two also appear in the movie in drag.

The two girl-friends of the Arabs (played by Cheech and Chong) were played by Cheech and Chong's real life partners at the time, Rikki Marin and Shelby Chong.

The year the movie debuted Cheech and Chong were honored as the "Comedy Team of the Decade" by the National Association of Theatre Owners.

The longest title of any Cheech and Chong cinema movie, the others being short two or three word titles.

Shelby Chong, who plays French Girl #1, is the spouse of Tommy Chong and has appeared in most of the Cheech and Chong movies.

Three veterans appear in the movie: Billy Beck who played Pop, the Manager at the Red Wagon Adult Motel; John Steadman ,who was about eighty-two years old at the time of production, who played an Old Timer, and Dorothy Neumann, who appeared in the 1940s classic film The Snake Pit (1948), who played Mom.

The restaurant sequence features comedians Dave Coulier, Rip Taylor and Ruby Wax in brief cameos.

The name of the pornographic movie that Cheech and Chong walk onto the set of is "The Guys".

The American road trip went from Chicago to Las Vegas. The amount of money secretly stashed in the car was US $5 million.

First and only ever theatrical feature film directed by Thomas K. Avildsen who had previously edited Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams (1981).

Second and final Cheech and Chong movie for the Columbia Pictures studio. The first had been Nice Dreams (1981).

The character of Donna (Evelyn Guerrero) also appeared in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) and Nice Dreams (1981).

Second Cheech and Chong movie (after 1978's "Up In Smoke") to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

Cheech and Chong have taken to the road for the first time in Things Are Tough All Over (1982) making this picture their first ever "road movie".

The movie, which was produced by Cheech & Chongs' longtime producer Howard Brown, and directed by Tom Avildsen', marked a first for Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin. It was relatively drug free.

Tommy Chong said of this movie being relatively drug-free: "Cheech & Chong and dope are redundant. It's a challenge to see if we can do it. I know we can". Whilst producer Howard Brown put it another way: "Cheech and Chong don't need the dope prop to be funny just like [Jackie] Gleason didn't need the drink or Groucho [Marx] his cigar, Cheech and Chong are funny and inventive on their own".

Cheech and Chong films always have new faces. Since improvisation is so key to the film, they look for actors who'll go for it, jump into a scene with them and be funny. Actors are chosen after performing for two minutes on a tape, which is then screened for Cheech and Chong, who make their selections. Some of the improvisational talent who debuted in this movie included Toni Attell, Gregory Polsyn, Mike Friedman, Sandy Weintraub, Ruby Wax, Don Bovingloh, David Couwlier, Joan Paragon, Maya Harman, and Vegas comics: Bernie Allen and Jerry Kurland.

Television star Rip Taylor was selected, according to the film's casting directors, Fern Champion, Pamela Basker, and Jerry Anderson, because they needed someone who typified Las Vegas. Since Taylor lived and worked in Las Vegas, and was an admirer of beauty, Taylor got the part.

Cast as the romantic French Ladies are Rikki Marin and Shelby Chong, the wives of the film's stars Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong respectively. Charged with blatant nepotism, Cheech Marin lists their qualities: Both studied acting, look beautiful, and have perfect comic timing. "Besides", he said, "We understand each other". His comedy partner explains it another way: "You see the love on the screen. It picks it up. We're so suited in real life, it happens naturally on screen", said Tommy Chong.

Scripted by Cheech and Chong, as were their three previous motion pictures prior to this movie, this picture actually had a proper a storyline, unlike their earlier films. According to producer Howard Brown: "It's more than a day in the life of Cheech and Chong. It has a plot". The plot is one in which everyone has a problem.

For the first time in their film careers. Cheech & Chong played different roles, other than their respective "Pedro" and "The Man" characters.

The meaning and relevance of the movie's title is as follows. The plot is one in which everyone has a problem. Hence the title Things Are Tough All Over (1982). But everyone's problem is different. Cheech and Chong's problem is that they don't have any money. It's cold and they want to get out of Chicago. The Arabs' problem is that they have too much money and are trying to launder it as fast as they can. Everyone's problems collide when the Arabs recruit Cheech and Chong to drive a limousine, with $5 million hidden in it, to Las Vegas.

The longest title of any Cheech and Chong cinema movie, the others being short 2 or 3 word titles.

Dave Coulier: As a man with tongue at a restaurant, billed as David Couwlier.

Rip Taylor: As Himself.

Ruby Wax: As a Restaurant Patron.