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Writer:
Colin Higgins (writer)
Release Date:
14 July 1978 (USA)
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A new comedy-thriller from Paramount for Summer '78 more
Plot:
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 8 nominations
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(4 articles)
Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Vacation': Does it make you yearn for (or dread) Chevy Chase's return?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 27 August 2009, 7:30 AM, PDT)
Comedian Chevy Chase To Guest Star On NBC's "Chuck"
(From iCelebz. 15 January 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 27 August 2009, 7:30 AM, PDT)
Comedian Chevy Chase To Guest Star On NBC's "Chuck"
(From iCelebz. 15 January 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)
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"The Girl Who Knew Too Much"
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Goldie Hawn | ... | Gloria Mundy | |
| Chevy Chase | ... | Tony Carlson | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Mr. Hennessey | |
| Rachel Roberts | ... | Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell | |
| Eugene Roche | ... | Archbishop Thorncrest / Archbishop's brother | |
| Dudley Moore | ... | Stanley Tibbets | |
| Marilyn Sokol | ... | Stella | |
| Brian Dennehy | ... | Fergie | |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Rupert Stiltskin | |
| Chuck McCann | ... | Theatre manager | |
| Billy Barty | ... | J.J. MacKuen | |
| Don Calfa | ... | Scarface | |
| Bruce Solomon | ... | Bob Scott | |
| Cooper Huckabee | ... | Sandy | |
| Pat Ast | ... | Mrs. Venus |
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Killing Lydia (USA) (working title)
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116 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Netherlands:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
UK:PG |
Australia:M
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Adapted in 1981 into a short-lived television series starring Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin.
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Revealing mistakes: The HMS Pinafore backdrop is brought down with a dead Whitey Jackson hanging off it. Although Whitey's leg is pushed upward, his leg moves in such a way not possible by a dead person.
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References The Sea Hawk (1940)
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Stayin' Alive
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Goldie Hawn gives a delicious comic performance as a San Francisco librarian who's been living like a hermit, encouraged by a friend to get out there and shake her pom-poms, but instead she gets involved with a pack of nefarious criminals who plan to assassinate The Pope (!) on his visit to the Opera House. The picture has some real ringers (Dudley Moore and his apartment full of sex toys, two little old ladies playing Dirty Scrabble), but Hawn is very appealing, especially while sitting in a movie house with her black-rimmed glasses watching a film-noir about a detective and a Chinese sailor. Chevy Chase, in his acting debut following his departure from "Saturday Night Live", plays the lovestruck cop on the case and he's very green; some of his lines fall flat (especially a tasteless bit about a government official wearing make-up), however his love scenes with Goldie are low-keyed and sweet. The bungled car-chase finale is a complete waste, yet the movie is buoyed by a terrific supporting cast, including funny Billy Barty, handsome Brian Dennehy (who gets lost in the action), scene-stealing Burgess Meredith and kinky, salacious Rachel Roberts (as "Delia Darrow"). A fitfully fun time. *** from ****