Things Are Tough All Over

Things Are Tough All Over
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Thomas K. Avildsen
Written by	Tommy Chong Cheech Marin
Produced by	Howard Brown
Starring	Cheech Marin Tommy Chong
Cinematography	Bobby Byrne
Edited by	Dennis Dolan
Music by	Gaye Delorme
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 6, 1982 (1982-08-06)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$21 million

Things Are Tough All Over is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Thomas K. Avildsen and starring Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin as two aging hippies, and additionally as Arab businessmen Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib.^[1]

The film is initially set in Chicago, where two impoverished musicians are working for a duo of Arab businessmen. Their employers want to transport illegally-obtained money to Las Vegas, so they hide it in a limousine. They arrange for the musicians to drive the limousine to Vegas, without informing them of the actual nature of their mission. Since the employers did not provide them with travel expenses, the musicians sell parts of the car. After delivering the car, they wander in the deserts of Nevada on foot. Their employers are searching for them to kill them.