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Joe Versus the Volcano

An average Joe. An adventurous comedy.

1990★ 5.8 · 5891h 42mComedyRomanceAdventure

Overview

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.

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Cast

Tom Hanks
as Joe Banks

Amanda Plummer
as Dagmar

Carol Kane
as Hairdresser

Meg Ryan
as DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore

Dan Hedaya
as Frank Waturi

Nathan Lane
as Baw - The Waponi Advance Man

Branscombe Richmond
as Waponi

Lloyd Bridges
as Samuel Harvey Graynamore

Abe Vigoda
as Chief of the Waponis

Robert Stack
as Dr. Ellison

Ossie Davis
as Marshall

Lala Sloatman
as Waitress

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Release date: 1990-03-09

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $39,400,000

Runtime: 1h 42m

Genres

ComedyRomanceAdventure

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