Things are Tough All Over is the fourth Cheech and Chong movie. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are featured as the two hippies, and additionally as Arab businessmen Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib. The film grossed $21,134,374 at the box office, and is available on DVD, with widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film on the same disc. The movie opens with Cheech and Chong driving a limo through the desert. Chong, who has decided to stop doing drugs for a while, is talking about rock and roll, and Cheech is falling asleep, but Cheech is narrating over what's happening. He says that "things are... tough all over" and that he's going to tell their story. It's an awful winter in Chicago, and Cheech and Chong are poor, struggling musicians working at a car wash owned by a pair of oil-rich Arabs, Mr. Slyman and Prince Habib . After messing up on the job, the 2 are forced by the Arabs to work and play music at their club. Cheech and Chong also try to get with the Arabs' French girlfriends, who are more in love with the stoners. The Arabs find themselves with a large sum of illegal money, which they try to get to their other business in Las Vegas.
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| Release date: | August 6, 1982 |
| Directed by: | Thomas K. Avildsen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Howard Brown |
| Screenplay by: | Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin |
| Genre: | Comedy |