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Fletch
Meet the only guy who changes his identity more often than his underwear.
( Comedy / Crime / Mystery )


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MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 98 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
May 31, 1985   [USA]
 
Director: Michael Ritchie   [Director]
 
Writer: Andrew Bergman   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Peter Douglas   [Producer]
Alan Greisman   [Producer]
Gordon A. Webb   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Fred Schuler   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Richard A. Harris   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Harold Faltermeyer   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Boris Leven   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Gloria Gresham   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Patricia Mock   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Universal Pictures   (US)
Vincent Pictures
 


Plot Summary:

    While working undercover wisecracking newspaper reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is offered a large sum by a millionaire with a terminal disease to kill him. Intrigued, Fletch decides to unearth the full story behind the offer.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Chevy Chase
Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Tim Matheson
Alan Stanwyk
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Gail Stanwyk
Joe Don Baker
Chief Jerry Karlin
Richard Libertini
Frank Walker
Geena Davis
Larry
M. Emmet Walsh
Dr. Joseph Dolan
George Wendt
Fat Sam
Kenneth Mars
Stanton Boyd
Bill Henderson
Speaker
 
William Traylor
Ted Underhill
George Wyner
Marvin Gillet
Tony Longo
Detective #1
Larry Jenkins
Gummy
Ralph Seymour
Creasy
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
William Sanderson
Jim Swarthout
Beau Starr
Willy
James Avery
Detective #2
Peggy Doyle
Identification Nurse
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Universal Title
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$8,000,000
Revenue:
$59,612,888
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)

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