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Storyline
Fletch is a reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper, but he acts more like a detective. When an obscure relative leaves him a Louisiana mansion in his will, Fletch is naturally curious. Arriving in Louisiana, events occur that make him suspect that all is not well, and there is more to the property than he has been led to believe. Written by
Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job.
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Trivia
Chevy Chase meets
Phil Hartman in this film. Chevy was the very first person to use the "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" line on Saturday Night Live, which began in 1975. Not 10 years later, Phil Hartman went on Saturday Night Live in 1985.
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Goofs
During the first scene in the newsroom, as Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher and Frank Walker walk through the office, we see a map of Long Island, New York on the wall in the background. The newsroom is supposed to be in Los Angeles, California. (The scene was filmed at Newsday's Melville, Long Island office.)
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Quotes
Ben Dover:
Take your pants off.
Fletch:
I don't even know your name.
Ben Dover:
Bend over.
Fletch:
Ben? Nice to meet you, Victor Hugo.
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Connections
Referenced in
Nikita: Doublecross (2012)
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Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher(Chevy Chase) is at it again. This time, he goes to the Deep South not only to get an inheritance, also to find a big scoop down there. He gets this big plantation from his late aunt only to find the whole land isn't much of it's worth. He meets a lawyer whom he spends the night only to wake up and find her dead in the bed. The for the mystery is the people of a chemical plant elsewhere is dumping toxic waste on that and other lands in the area. Now Fletch also infiltrates other characters: A biker group, The Ku Klux Klan, and other shady characters he could find. He remains close to a man named Calculus Entropy(Cleavon Little, 1940-92) who happened to be an Fed. He was able to give his ex-spouse the land since he won't have it. That's one payment he won't have to worry about. Nothing really changed much about the movie. It's still funny, and Chevy never lost his touch! 3.5 out of 5 stars!