Directed by:
Norman LearScreenplay:
Norman LearCinematography:
Charles F. WheelerComposer:
Randy NewmanCast:
Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton (more)VOD (1)
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Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Dick Van Dyke
USA
Best movies:
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Columbo (1971) (series)
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Pippa Scott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Searchers (1956)
Tom Poston
USA
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Soldier in the Rain (1963)
Carbon Copy (1981)
Up the Academy (1980)
Edward Everett Horton
USA
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The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Holiday (1938)
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Bob Elliott
USA
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Cabin Boy (1994)
Ray Goulding
USA
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Vincent Gardenia
Italy
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The Big Racket (1976)
The Hustler (1961)
Barnard Hughes
USA
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Graham Jarvis
Canada
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Jean Stapleton
USA
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M. Emmet Walsh
USA
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Bob Newhart
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Peggy Rea
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Maureen McCormick
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The Idolmaker (1980)
Paul Benedict
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
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Woodrow Parfrey
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Walter Sande
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Judith Lowry
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Simon Scott
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Louis Zorich
USA
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