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Fletch

Year:

1985

Duration:

98 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1985-05-31

Filming Locations: LAX Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $7,022,970 (USA) (2 June 1985)

Gross: $46,700,000 (USA)SEK 3,466,517 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

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

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 #1

Larry Flash Jenkins

Gummy

Ralph Seymour

Creasy

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

James Avery

Detective #2

Reid Cruickshanks

Sergeant

Bruce French

Dr. Holmes

Burton Gilliam

Bud

David W. Harper

Teenager (as David Harper)

Chick Hearn

Alison La Placa

Pan Am Clerk

Joe Praml

Watchman

William Sanderson

Jim Swarthout

Penny Santon

Velma Stanwyk

Robert Sorrells

Marvin Stanwyk

Beau Starr

Willy

Nico De Silva

Waiter

Peggy Doyle

Identification Nurse

Rick Garcia

Waiter

Grace Gaynor

Mrs. Underhill

Freeman King

Cop #1

Loraine Shields

Records Nurse

Bill Sorrells

Surfer Cop

Arnold F. Turner

Reporter #2 (as Arnold Turner)

Roger Ammann

Cop #3

Mary Battilana

Madeline Turner

Henry 'Hank' Bleeker

Surfer Cop #2

Donald Chaffin

Banquet Guest

Darren Dublin

Reporter

Kristine M. Gossman

Secretary

Irene Olga López

Maid

Merv Maruyama

Chinese Busboy

Terrence Evans

Man with Shotgun (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Harold Faltermeyer replaced Tom Scott as the film's composer. However, Scott's name is visible on the early poster releases for the movie as well as the trailer included on the DVD.

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In an interview for Red Bull Music Academy, held in Tokyo October 22, 2014, composer Harold Faltermeyer stated the anthem from "Top Gun" was something he originally composed for a dream sequence in the movie "Fletch", but friend Billy Idol, who was recording close by, stopped in and told him it would be great as the theme for "Top Gun", so Harold dropped it from "Fletch".

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Chevy Chase has mentioned in interviews that Fletch is his favorite of his movies because it gave him the "opportunity to be himself".

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Goofs

When Fletch is "teaching" Mrs. Stanwyck tennis, a tennis ball appears and disappears in Fletch's left hand.

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Picture jumps back on the wall after being knocked off when Fletch is thrown against the wall.

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When Fletch is escaping from the shotgun wielding man in what is supposed to be Provo, Utah, right after his rear window is shot out, you can clearly see Palm trees in the background. Provo, Utah does not have Palm trees indicating the scene was shot somewhere else. Most likely southern California.

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Quotes

Fletch: (singing)Strangers in the night, exchanging clothing, strangers in my pants...

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Fletch: Hey! I think our problems may just be solved. Ed McMahon. Think I just won a million bucks. Yeah, Irwin M. Fletcher you choose. Woo-wee! Oh, boy, I lost. Yeah. Sorry.

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Madeline: I'm sorry, who are you again?

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