Eating Raoul

Eating Raoul
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Bartel
Written byRichard Blackburn
Paul Bartel
Produced byAnne Kimmel
StarringMary Woronov
Paul Bartel
Robert Beltran
Ed Begley Jr.
Buck Henry
Richard Paul
Susan Saiger
CinematographyGary Thieltges
Edited byAlan Toomayan
Music byArlon Ober
Production
companies
Bartel Film
Janus Films
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox International Classics
Quartet/Films Inc.
Release date
  • October 1, 1982 (1982-10-01)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
Box office$1.1 million

Eating Raoul is a 1982 American black comedy film written, directed by and starring Paul Bartel with Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Buck Henry, and Susan Saiger. It is about a prudish married couple (Bartel and Woronov) who resort to killing and robbing affluent swingers to earn money for their dream restaurant.

The writers commissioned a single-issue comic book based on the film for promotion; it was created by underground comix creator Kim Deitch.