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1970 (Canada)
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They're caught in a security leak!
Plot:
The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria...
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No worse than a bad cold
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Cast
(in credits order) | Jackie Gleason | ... | Walter Hollander |
 | Estelle Parsons | ... | Marion Hollander |
 | Ted Bessell | ... | Axel Magee |
 | Joan Delaney | ... | Susan Hollander |
 | Michael Constantine | ... | Commissar Krojack |
| Howard St. John | ... | Ambassador Magee |
| Danny Meehan | ... | Kilroy |
 | Richard Libertini | ... | Father Drobney |
| Pierre Olaf | ... | Chef |
 | Avery Schreiber | ... | Sultan |
| Mark Gordon | ... | Mirik |
 | Phil Leeds | ... | Sam Blackwell |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Marty Martel | ... | White Hair Diplomat |
| Rene Constantineau | ... | Organ grinder (uncredited) |
 | Martin Danzig | ... | Mishkin (uncredited) |
| Dwayne Early | ... | Donald (uncredited) |
| Naomi Fink | ... | Countess (uncredited) |
 | Howard Morris | ... | Getaway Pilot (uncredited) |
| Joan Murphy | ... | Airline clerk (uncredited) |
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| Howard Morris | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| R.S. Allen | writer | |
| Woody Allen | play | |
| Woody Allen | screenplay | |
| Harvey Bullock | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Jack Grossberg | .... | associate producer | |
| Charles H. Joffe | .... | producer | |
| Joseph E. Levine | .... | executive producer | |
| Henry Polonsky | .... | associate producer | |
| Jack Rollins | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Patrick Williams | (as Pat Williams) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Harvey Genkins | |||
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| Ralph Rosenblum | |||
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| Robert Gundlach | |||
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| William G. O'Connell | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Gene Coffin | |||
Production Management | |||
| Martin Danzig | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Louis A. Stroller | .... | assistant director | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Jeanetta L. Hoyle | .... | editorial supervisor (as Jeanetta Lewis) | |
| Ron Kalish | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Bill Rhoads | .... | title designer | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- AVCO Embassy Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (1970) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1974) (USA) (TV)
- Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
- Richard Williams Studio title design
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100 min
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Color (Pathécolor)
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"Don't Drink the Water" opened at the Morosco Theater on November 17, 1966 and ran for 598 performances. Richard Libertini reprises his role in the movie.See more »
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Continuity: At the party near the end of the movie, Gleason takes a dignitary's wine glass. The next shot shows the dignitary holding the wine glass. Then, Gleason hands the glass back to the dignitary.See more »
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Walter Hollander:Well, they don't call me the potato salad Picasso for nothin!See more »
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I have to side with those who find this version of Woody Allen's play much inferior to the remake by Allen himself which, ironically, has a greater right to be called the original since it was Allen's attempt to show the story as he envisioned it. I think much of the problem lies in the fact that at the time this version was made Allen wasn't yet a respected director and no one worried much about preserving the "Woody Allen touch" --- except Woody Allen, of course.
Interesting note on the comparison between Jackie Gleason's take on the lead character with Allen's own portrayal years later. If you were to combine the physical bellicosity of Jackie Gleason with the sardonic Jewish humor of Woody Allen you might get someone like the recently deceased Lou Jacobi --- who originated the part on Broadway and who was, in Allen's opinion, largely responsible for the success of the play.
(By the way, I stole the line in my summary from Harpo Marx, who used it to describe the phenomenally successful Broadway production of ABIE'S IRISH ROSE.)