9 to 5 (film) 9 to 5 (film) 9 to 5 (listed in the opening credits as Nine to Five) is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Bruce Gilbert and co-written (with Patricia Resnick) and directed by Colin Higgins. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with, and their overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman. The film grossed over $103.9 million and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician
From 9 To 5 in alternating balloons above their heads, flopped. But Fischer scored with "From 9 to 5". "It portrayed workers in office settings. He had a feel for the events that took place in offices. His cartoons were either universal or picked up on common feeling workers had about bosses and other subjects." Fischer retired in the 1970s. A lifelong resident of Highland Park, Fischer died Wednesday, 25 March 1987, in a Deerfield nursing home. From 9 To 5 From 9 To 5 was an American single-panel comic strip series by Chicago comic strip artist Jo Fischer (1900-1987). Distributed by Field Newspaper