other people's money is a 1991 american romantic comedy-drama movie. the movie is about a successful corporate raider, lawrence garfield, who has become rich buying companies and selling their assets. garfield has just decided on new england wire and cable as his next focus. the company is run by andrew jorgensen. danny devito plays the raider, lawrence garfield. piper laurie plays bea sullivan. penelope ann miller plays the lawyer kate. the movie was released by warner bros.