Los Angeles Times undercover reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher (who writes as "Jane Doe") is writing an article exposing drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles. While posing as an addict, he is approached by Boyd Aviation executive vice president Alan Stanwyk, who assumes Fletch is a real junkie. Stanwyk claims to have bone cancer with only months left to live, and wishes to avoid the suffering. Stanwyk offers $50,000 for Fletch to kill him at his mansion in a few days' time, stage the scene as a burglary, then flee to Rio de Janeiro.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Alan Greisman, Peter Douglas, Gordon A. Webb |
Directed By: | Michael Ritchie |
Written By: | Gregory McDonald, Andrew Bergman |
Cast: | Larry Flash Jenkins, William Traylor, Tony Longo, Conrad Hurtt, Bill Henderson, M. Emmet Walsh, Chick Hearn, Bill Sorrells, Nico De Silva, Beau Starr, Ralph Seymour, Donald Chaffin, Irene Olga López, Chevy Chase, Robert Sorrells, Richard Libertini, James Avery, Alison La Placa, Joe Praml, Joe Don Baker, David W. Harper, Bruce French, Freeman King, Geena Davis, Rick Garcia, Tim Matheson, Burton Gilliam, Reid Cruickshanks, Penny Santon, George Wyner, William Sanderson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Merv Maruyama, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Arnold F. Turner, Roger Ammann, George Wendt, Mary Battilana, Kenneth Mars |
In Theaters: | May 31, 1985 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 38 minutes |
Production: | Universal Pictures |
Budget: | $8,000,000 |
Box Office: | $50,612,888 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |