Foul Play
It's a highly dangerous comedy!!
1978 | 116m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Colin Higgins |
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| Writer: | Colin Higgins |
| Staring: |
| A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 14, 1978 |
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| Director: | Colin Higgins |
| Writer: | Colin Higgins |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | detective, murder, conspiracy, church, catholic, albino |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Miller-Milkis Productions, Shelburne Associates |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $45,000,000
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| William Frankfather | Whitey Jackson |
| John Hancock | Coleman |
| Barbara Sammeth | Sally |
| Hope Summers | Ethel |
| Irene Tedrow | Mrs. Monk |
| Ion Teodorescu | Turk |
| Janet Wood | Sylvia |
| Cyril Magnin | Pope Pius XIII |
| Rollin Moriyama | Japanese Man |
| Mitsu Yashima | Japanese Woman |
| M. James Arnett | Truck Driver |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Colin Higgins | Director, Writer |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Hal Needham | Stunts |
| Craig R. Baxley | Stunt Double |
| Pembroke J. Herring | Editor |
| David M. Walsh | Director of Photography |
| E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| Frank James Sparks | Stunt Double |
| May Boss | Stunts |
| Alfred Sweeney | Production Design |
| Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| M. James Arnett | Stunt Coordinator |
| Glynn Rubin | Stunts |
| Alan Oliney | Stunts |
| Charles Fox | Original Music Composer |
| Kitty O'Neil | Stunts |
| Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter V. Herald | Associate Producer |
| Thomas L. Miller | Producer |
| Edward K. Milkis | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 348 | 765 |
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 Mun ... dy (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