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Foul Play

    Comedy
    Mystery
    Thriller
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Jul 14, 1978
Rated PG

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$45,000,000
  • Budget
    $5,000,000
  • Vote Average
    6.3
  • Vote Count
    218
  • Popularity
    15
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Goldie Hawn
Gloria Mundy
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Chevy Chase
Tony Carlson
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Burgess Meredith
Mr. Hennessey
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Eugene Roche
Archbishop Thorncrest / Archbishop's brother
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Dudley Moore
Stanley Tibbets
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Marilyn Sokol
Stella
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Brian Dennehy
Fergie
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Marc Lawrence
Rupert Stiltskin
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Rachel Roberts
Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
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Frances Bay
Mrs. Russel
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Queenie Smith
Elsie
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Billy Barty
J.J. MacKuen
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Chuck McCann
Theatre Manager
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Don Calfa
Scarface
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Bruce Solomon
Scott
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Cooper Huckabee
Sandy
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Pat Ast
Mrs. Venus
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Lou Cutell
House Manager
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William Frankfather
Whitey Jackson
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John Hancock
Coleman
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Barbara Sammeth
Sally
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Hope Summers
Ethel
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Irene Tedrow
Mrs. Monk
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Ion Teodorescu
Turk
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Janet Wood
Sylvia
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Cyril Magnin
Pope Pius XIII
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Rollin Moriyama
Japanese Man
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Mitsu Yashima
Japanese Woman
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M. James Arnett
Truck Driver

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Reviews

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John Chard
80%
I play Detective. You play Lady In Distress. Foul Play is written and directed by Colin Higgins. It stars Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Dudley Moore and Brian Dennehy. Music is by Charles Fox and cinematography by David M. Walsh. San Francisco librarian Gloria Mundy (Hawn) inadvertently gets embroiled with mobsters who are out to assassinate The Pope. Hooking up with cheeky copper Tony Carlson (Chase), she hopes to stay alive long enough to find out why people are trying to kill her! Comedy thrillers are tough to get right, you gotta make people laugh and also grip them with drama, thankfully Colin Higgins gets it right in this delightful late 1970s production. He kind of plays safe by literally throwing many of the conventions of the genres into the mix, with weird villains, an odd couple (hello romance), pratfalls, near misses, McGuffin, bonkers situations (both dicey and funny) and etc etc. Boosted by a damn fine cast (Hawn and Chase are fun, charming and sexy together, while the supports excel), some superb Frisco scenery and a toe tapping 70s soundtrack, it rounds out as a breezy effort across the board. Where else you going to see Burgess Meredith and Rachel Roberts in a martial arts smack down? 7/10