Anthony "Man" Stoner, a jobless, marijuana-smoking drummer, is told to either get a job by sundown or be sent off to military school by his parents. Anthony leaves the house in a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle convertible (which had his father's Rolls Royce radiator grille on the front), a car which is subsequently left smoking on the side of the road. Anthony is picked up while hitchhiking by the equally enthusiastic smoker Pedro de Pacas. The license plate reads MUF DVR ("Muff Diver"). They share a large joint, which Man says is made with "mostly Maui wowie" and "Labrador" (essentially dog feces, as his dog, a Labrador Retriever, had eaten his stash). Police find their car parked on a traffic median with them in it, discover that they are clearly stoned and arrest them. At trial, the pair are released on a technicality after Anthony discovers that the judge is drinking vodka.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Comedy, Music |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | John Beug, Lou Adler, Lou Lombardo |
Directed By: | Lou Adler, Tommy Chong |
Written By: | Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong |
Cast: | José Pulido, Richard Novo, Marian Beeler, Christopher Joy, Michael Caldwell, Ernie Fuentes, Rodney Bingenheimer, Stacy Keach, Ray Vitte, Rick Beckner, Harry Dean Stanton, Wally Ann Wharton, Val Avery, Tom Skerritt, Ellen Barkin, Tommy Chong, Gary Mule Deer, John Ian Jacobs, Otto Felix, Marcia Wolf, Jane Moder, Louisa Moritz, Harold Fong, Zane Buzby, Edie Adams, Miguel Murillo, Donald Hotton, Arthur Roberts, June Fairchild, Pam Bille, Cheech Marin, Betty McGuire, Karl Johnson, David Nelson, Angelina Estrada, Mills Watson, Cheryl Smith, Ruben Guevara, Strother Martin |
In Theaters: | Sep 15, 1978 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 26 minutes |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Budget: | $2,000,000 |
Box Office: | $44,364,244 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |