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| Movie description | 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.
| | Credits | | Cast: | Alison La Placa, Bruce French, Burton Gilliam, Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis, George Wendt, George Wyner, Joe Don Baker, Kenneth Mars, M. Emmet Walsh, Ralph Seymour, Tim Matheson, Tony Longo |
| | Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
| | 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.
| | Editorial reviews | "...Easy charm....An enjoyable paperback of a film..."
New York Times - p.C10 - Vincent Canby
"...FLETCH is smart, dead-pan dry and funny..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (05/31/1985)
"Enjoyable..."
Total Film - Daniel Webb (04/01/2004)
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