- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adrian Turner
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3 out of 5
Chevy Chase, one of the original Saturday Night Live team and the embodiment of laid-back Los Angeles 1980s humour, stars here in the first of two outings as the investigative reporter with a sideline in disguises and witty repartee. Uprooted from Malibu beach (where he is disguised as a beach bum) by a millionaire who orders his own murder, Chase stumbles and bumbles through a corkscrew plot that fits his comic frame like a bespoke suit. Sleek, glossy and often very funny indeed, it also features Joe Don Baker, M Emmet Walsh and Geena Davis. The inventive script is by Andrew Bergman, who cut his teeth as a co-writer on Blazing Saddles and went on to direct The Freshman and Honeymoon in Vegas.
Plot Summary
Comedy adventure starring Chevy Chase. Wisecracking investigative reporter I M Fletcher is posing as a beach bum to get a story when Alan Stanwyk approaches with an incredible proposition - $50,000 and a guaranteed escape if he is willing to murder him. Determined to find out why, "Fletch" pretends to agree and finds himself caught up in a bizarre and dangerous plot.
Cast and crew
Cast
- I M Fletcher, "Fletch"
- Chevy Chase
- Chief Karlin
- Joe Don Baker
- Gail Stanwyk
- Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
- Alan Stanwyk
- Tim Matheson
- Dr Dolan
- M Emmet Walsh
- Fat Sam
- George Wendt
- Stanton Boyd
- Kenneth Mars
- Larry
- Geena Davis
- Speaker
- Bill Henderson
- Mr Underhill
- William Traylor
- Gillet
- George Wyner
- Frank Walker
- Richard Libertini
Crew
- Director
- Michael Ritchie
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