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Action-comedy about a wisecracking Los Angeles reporter working undercover as a homeless beach-bum on a drug-dealing story. Fletch smells a rat when a wealthy businessman offers him 50,000 dollars if he can kill the cancer-ridden executive and follow the foolproof escape plan. Unable to resist, the reporter pretends to agree and sets out to unravel the mystery behind the man and his suicidal plan

Keywords:

Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Based-on-Novel, Chase, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1985) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

Chevy Chase	.... Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Joe Don Baker	.... Chief Jerry Karlin
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	.... Gail Stanwyk
Richard Libertini	.... Frank Walker
Tim Matheson	.... Alan Stanwyk
M. Emmet Walsh	.... Dr. Joseph Dolan

Supporting Cast:

George Wendt	.... Fat Sam
Kenneth Mars	.... Stanton Boyd
Geena Davis	.... Larry
Bill Henderson	.... Speaker
William Traylor	.... Ted Underhill
George Wyner	.... Marvin Gillet
Tony Longo	.... Detective
Larry Flash Jenkins	.... Gummy
Ralph Seymour	.... Creasy

Directors:

Michael Ritchie

Writers:

Greg McDonald
Andrew Bergman