Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Chevy Chase | ... | Andy Farmer | |
Madolyn Smith Osborne | ... | Elizabeth Farmer (as Madolyn Smith) | |
Kevin O'Morrison | ... | Sheriff Ledbetter | |
Joseph Maher | ... | Michael Sinclair | |
Jack Gilpin | ... | Bud Culbertson | |
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Caris Corfman | ... | Betsy Culbertson |
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William Severs | ... | Newspaper Editor |
Mike Starr | ... | Crocker | |
Glenn Plummer | ... | Mickey | |
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William Duell | ... | Old Character |
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Helen Lloyd Breed | ... | Old Operator |
Kit Le Fever | ... | Young Operator (as Le Fevre) | |
Dakin Matthews | ... | Marion Corey Jr. | |
William Newman | ... | Gus Lotterhand | |
Alice Drummond | ... | Mrs. Ethel Dinges |
When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy has quit his job as a sports journalist and is planning to use the peace and quiet of the country to write the Great American Novel. From the moment the movers' truck gets lost with their furniture, though, there's little peace and less quiet. From a manical mailman to a dead body buried in the garden, Andy is distracted by the town and its wacky inhabitants. His effort at a novel is mediocre, at best, and he's threatened by Elizabeth's foray into writing when she attempts a children's book. Can the Farmers survive the townsfolk and each other? Written by Rick Munoz <rick.munoz@his.com>
Not only one of the funniest Chevy Chase films, but one of the funniest comedies of the 80s in general. I don't get all the negatives posted here--this movie is laugh-out-loud funny and very underrated. The townspeople are hilarious and the whole sequence at the end where Chevy and his wife are paying people to be on their best behavior, creating a "Norman Rockwell" portrait of small-town life so they can sell their house, is among the most inspired and funny sequences ever. The whole battle of the sexes between Chevy and wife Madolyn Smith (whatever happened to her? she's beautiful and has great comic timing) when she's successful writing a children's book, while he can't get his crime novel off the ground, is more classic material. Goodness knows Chase didn't get very many chances to shine--besides Caddyshack and the original Vacation, this is probably his best work.