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With a nod to Preston Sturges's classic dark comedy Unfaithfully Yours (about a man who fantasizes about murdering his possibly philandering wife), this 1980 cotton-candy-feminist-vendetta film concerns a monstrous boss (Dabney Coleman) whose more capable underlings dream of ways of punishing him. That much of the film is particularly fun, but the rest of it descends into silliness when the ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden
Directed By: Colin Higgins

This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning was nominated for a Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance ...

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors
Directed By: Colin Higgins

With a nod to Preston Sturges's classic dark comedy Unfaithfully Yours (about a man who fantasizes about murdering his possibly philandering wife), this 1980 cotton-candy-feminist-vendetta film concerns a monstrous boss (Dabney Coleman) whose more capable underlings dream of ways of punishing him. That much of the film is particularly fun, but the rest of it descends into silliness when the ...

Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden
Directed By: Colin Higgins

VHS TAPE FOUL PLAY STARRING CHEVY CHASE AND GOLDIE HAWN -- COMEDY --

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Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Dudley Moore, Rachel Roberts
Directed By: Colin Higgins

Not short on murder, mayhem, or any other screwball '70s conventions, Foul Play is a wonderful vehicle for Goldie Hawn. She plays Gloria, a librarian "ready to take a chance again," who ends up the target of an assassination ring. Chevy Chase, fresh off of Saturday Night Live, does the closest thing to real acting he would ever achieve (okay, maybe Fletch) as Tony, the cop ...

Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche
Directed By: Colin Higgins

This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning was nominated for a Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance ...

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors
Directed By: Colin Higgins