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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…
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Foul Play
“It's a highly dangerous comedy!!”
63%
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1h 56m
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Foul Play (1978) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Foul Play (1978) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Mystery, and Thriller with funny, cerebral, and tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~116 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Foul Play 63% (263 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Foul Play suits viewers who want a funny and cerebral film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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Synopsis
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1978-07-14
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 15659
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A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
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The official runtime for Foul Play is approximately 116 minutes.
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Cast
Goldie Hawn
Gloria Mundy
Chevy Chase
Tony Carlson
Burgess Meredith
Mr. Hennessey
Eugene Roche
Archbishop Thorncrest / Archbishop's brother
Dudley Moore
Stanley Tibbets
Marilyn Sokol
Stella
Brian Dennehy
Fergie
Marc Lawrence
Rupert Stiltskin
Rachel Roberts
Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
Frances Bay
Mrs. Russel
Queenie Smith
Elsie
Billy Barty
J.J. MacKuen
Chuck McCann
Theatre Manager
Don Calfa
Scarface
Bruce Solomon
Scott
Cooper Huckabee
Sandy
Pat Ast
Mrs. Venus
Lou Cutell
House Manager
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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
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