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Foul Play

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Dashing Chevy, kookie Goldie and Dudleys performance in his 'pad'. Add a dash of intrigue (which by todays standards will appear dull) and you have a mixture of laughs and mayhem. Its a great early vehicle for all actors and so sad that its been missing from the shelves for such a long time. Maybe dull by todays standards, but well worth the laughs that it still brings. Dudley steals scenes with his performance and I forgot how good Chevy Chase is/was and Goldie as usual with super humour timing. Scenes not to be missed, Dudleys disco pad!!! Keep an ear out for some of the lines. I think its time they brought this forgotten classic back.

I will always love this movie. Chevy, Goldie and Dudley are at their best. Very few movies have made a lasting impression on me, and this is one of the few.

Easy to order from the site, very quick delivery, would not hesitate to order from this supplier; only disappoitment was that I couldn't tell from the site if the DVD was widescreen (which I wanted.) This DVD is not but still love the movie and it isn't a huge deal. Thanks again.

Director: Colin Higgins
Format: Color
Studio: Paramount Studio
Video Release Date: June 2, 1998

Cast:

Goldie Hawn ... Gloria Mundy
Chevy Chase ... Tony Carlson
Burgess Meredith ... Mr. Hennessey
Rachel Roberts ... Delia Darrow/Gerda Casswell
Eugene Roche ... Archbishop Thorncrest/Archbishop's brother
Dudley Moore ... Stanley Tibbets
Marilyn Sokol ... Stella
Brian Dennehy ... Fergie
Marc Lawrence ... Rupert Stiltskin
Chuck McCann ... Theatre manager
Billy Barty ... J.J. MacKuen
Don Calfa ... Scarface
Bruce Solomon ... Bob Scott
Cooper Huckabee ... Sandy
Pat Ast ... Mrs. Venus
Frances Bay ... Mrs. Russel
Lou Cutell ... House manager
William Frankfather ... Whitey Jackson
John Hancock ... Capt. Coleman
Barbara Sammeth ... Sally
Queenie Smith ... Elsie
Hope Summers ... Ethel
Irene Tedrow ... Mrs. Monk
Ion Teodorescu ... The Turk
Janet Wood ... Sylvia
David Cole ... Theatre Usher
Bill Gamble ... Dickinson
Cyril Magnin ... Pope Pius XIII
Michael David Lee ... Limo driver
Neno Russo ... Luigi
Rollin Moriyama ... Japanese man
Mitsu Yashima ... Japanese woman
M. James Arnett ... Truck driver
Jophery C. Brown ... Cop
John Hatfield ... Security guard
Joe Bellan ... Man in phone booth
Chuck Walsh ... Newscaster
Connie Sawyer ... Screaming lady
F. Jo Mohrbach ... Fat lady
Garry Goodrow ... Henpecked husband
Enrico Di Giuseppe ... Nanki-Pooh, the Son of the Mikado of Japan
Glenys Fowles ... Yum-Yum, a schoolgirl, betrothed to Ko-Ko
Kathleen Hegierski ... Peep-Bo, a Schoolgirl
Sandra Walker ... Pitti-Sing, a Schoolgirl
James Tomlinson ... Pish-Tush, a Noble Lord
Richard McKee ... Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everythingelse
Jane Shaulis ... Katisha, an Elderly Lady of the Mikado's Court
Shirley Python ... Esme

A newly divorced Gloria Mundy (Goldy Hawn) picks up a hitchkiker, Bob Scott (Bruse Solomon) on California's Highway One north of San Francisco. He is being followed. He makes a date with Gloria for the theater that evening, and gives her a pack of Marlboros into which he puts a roll of film without her knowledge to hold for her. He shows up at the theater, collapses in the seat beside her and dies, after telling her to "beware the dwarf" and that there would be a murder. When she goes for help, the body disappears.

Enter Detective Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase), whom she had met previously at a party. The bad guys try to kill her a couple of times, and to get the pack of smokes, unsuccessfully.

This is an excellent story with a great cast. Pity the dwarf Bible salesman, poor unlucky Stanley Tibbets (Dudley Moore) and the owners of all of the cars wrecked in the chase across town.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books

I love this movie. Finally a dvd release date : Nov. 16, 2004. Thank you GOD

Fpul Play is a hilarious movie filled with questions, romace and murder. Goldie and Chevy have great chemistry in this movie. i have never seen a comedy and murder mystry flow like this one did. the plot is suspenseful and fun at the same time. I loved this move and you will too. get ready for thrills, laughs, and great memories when wachin FOUL PLAY!!!! sit back relax and enjoy the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This movie is very funny, clean humor and suspenseful. I have yet to see a movie with a balance of comedy, suspense and drama. Plus it has great actors like Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Dudley Moore, and the loveable, Burgess Meredith. I would say Chevy Chase's and Goldie Hawn's best movie, although, very few people know about this movie. Excellent!!!

This is one of my favorite "comfort" movies. You don't have to think a lot, and there's not much deeper meaning. But as homage to Hitchcock, Foul Play is just plain good entertainment. THIS NEEDS TO BE ON DVD IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT!

There. Now I feel better. Watch this one with your sweetie.

This comedy has stood the test of time; don't listen to detractors. Leonard Maltin says the film is "protracted" but is perfect by today's standards (think about the 3-hour epics to which audiences readily flock). "Foul Play" is also an OBVIOUS homage to Hitchcock, not a "plagiarism of Hitchcock" as Maltin shortsightedly declares. Colin Higgins does a great job mixing suspense with comedy (something Hitch fans will recognize). Sure, this is Goldie's movie, and Chevy plays it laid-back (if Chase were to ham it up he'd be distracting); they make a terrific duo. Saying Goldie was the 70s Meg Ryan (as one reviewer did) is like comparing diamonds to junk jewelry (Meg Ryan is paste; Goldie's the gem). Supporting actors show inspired casting, especially Dudley Moore as the kinky conductor. Sets are pure 70s in full-tilt (a retro-decorator's dream). Car-chases with lots of point-of-view will induce vertigo on larger screen TVs (in the theater it was like riding a rollercoaster): it's grand scale entertainment! "Foul Play" can easily be judged a classic -- delightful, fluffy, colorful cotton-candy which should be enjoyed as such. If you're in the dumps, this film will pick you up. Paramount should have the good sense to release "Foul Play" to DVD in it's original theatrical aspect ratio...SOON!!!!

I found this movie totally hilarious with sidesplitting laughter, I laughed my butt off! Many funny scenes including the old ladies who were using vulgar words in their game of scrabble. Goldie Hawn was so funny and adorable in this movie and Chevy Chase was so funny, and cute, they had great chemistry and it's a shame they only made two movies together! Their Other movie, Seems Like Old Times Was a very good movie too and both have tons of belly busting laughs especially Foul Play! Also great in this movie is Dudley Moore who in scene stealing scenes plays a perverted loser!