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Fletch

Chevy Chase and Joe Don Baker
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Overview

Loosely based on the book by Gregory McDonald, director Michael Ritchie's FLETCH is a laugh-out-loud comedy that features a classic performance by Chevy Chase, who stars as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, a crack investigative journalist who goes undercover for a story about possible connections between the L.A. police department and the local drug trade. He gets derailed when a Santa Monica businessman, Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson), mistakes him for a homeless man and offers him $50,000 to commit a murder. The man claims to have terminal bone cancer but can't commit suicide if he wants his family to collect on his insurance policy, so he wants Fletch to do his dirty work. Fletch pretends to accept the offer and finds that it leads him deeper into the heart of his own investigation. Working from a crackling script by Andrew Bergman, Chase relishes every line of dialogue written for his goofy, master-of-disguise character, making FLETCH one of the most influential and oft-quoted comedies of the 1980s.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Michael Ritchie - Director
Chevy Chase
Joe Don Baker
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Richard Libertini
Tim Matheson
M. Emmet Walsh
George Wendt
Kenneth Mars
Geena Davis
Bill Henderson

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Digital Theater System, AC-3, Dolby, Widescreen)
  • Run Time: 98
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 025192027536
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
  • Release Date: June 2009

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
An investigative reporter with a talent for disguise becomes involved in a huge drug smuggling scheme and police corruption after answering the bizarre request of a dying man.

Notes:
Legendary basketball center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar makes a cameo as himself during Fletch's daydream. The film was followed by 1989's FLETCH LIVES, also directed by Michael Ritchie.

Reviews:
"...Easy charm....An enjoyable paperback of a film..." - 05/31/1985 New York Times, p.C10


"...FLETCH is smart, dead-pan dry and funny..." - 05/31/1985 Los Angeles Times, p.C1


"Enjoyable..." - 04/01/2004 Total Film, p.132


4 stars out of 4 -- "One of the most quotable comedies ever made where Chase is at the top of his game." - 06/01/2009 Premiere

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