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Up in Smoke (1978)

R 86 min  -  Comedy | Music  -   15 September 1978 (USA)
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Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cheech Marin ...
Tommy Chong ...
Strother Martin Strother Martin ...
Arnold Stoner
Edie Adams ...
Mrs. Tempest Stoner
Harold Fong Harold Fong ...
Chauffeur
Richard Novo Richard Novo ...
Richard
Jane Moder Jane Moder ...
Jail Bait
Pam Bille Pam Bille ...
Jail Bait
Arthur Roberts ...
Marian Beeler Marian Beeler ...
Judge Gladys Dykes
Donald Hotton Donald Hotton ...
Bailiff
John Ian Jacobs John Ian Jacobs ...
Prosecuting Attorney (as Jon Ian Jacobs)
Christopher Joy Christopher Joy ...
Curtis (as Christipher Joy)
Ray Vitte Ray Vitte ...
James (Bass Player)
Michael Caldwell Michael Caldwell ...
Duane (Guitar)
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Storyline

Cheech and Chong meet up by chance on the highway somewhere in California. They go in search of some dope and are accidentally deported to Mexico where in their desperation to get home they agree to drive a van back to the States so they can get back in time for a gig they are due to play. Unaware of the properties from which the van is constructed they make their way back having aquired a couple of female hitch-hikers whilst all the time avoiding the cops whom they are not even aware are following them. Written by Garry 'Gadget' Myles <garry.myles@mercury.co.uk>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Van | Mexico | Marijuana | Smuggling | California  | See more »

Taglines:

You'll be rolling in the aisles! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Music

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$41,590,893 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The car that Chong drives at the beginning of the movie is actually owned by Jack Nicholson. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Chong is playing the drums at the Roxy after being "revived", his drum strokes clearly don't go with the music. See more »

Quotes

Man Stoner: [Cheech starts toking on the giant joint] Toke, toke it up, man!
Man Stoner: [Cheech starts choking] Kinda grabs ya' by the boo-boo, don't it?
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are in the style of spray-painted graffiti,
super-imposed over Pedro's low-rider. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Murphy Brown: Up in Smoke (#8.16)" (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"Low Rider"
Written by Jerry Goldstein (as Goldstein), Harold R. Brown (as Brown), Thomas Allen (as Allen),
Morris D. Dickerson (as Dickerson), Howard E. Scott (as Scott), Lonnie Jordan (as Jordan),
, Lee Oskar (as Oskar), Charles Miller (as Miller)
Performed by War See more »