After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.
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Michael Ritchie
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Chevy Chase | ... | Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Hamilton "Ham" Johnson | |
| Julianne Phillips | ... | Becky Culpepper | |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Jimmy Lee Farnsworth | |
| Richard Libertini | ... | Frank Walker | |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Ben Dover | |
| Cleavon Little | ... | Calculus Entropy | |
| George Wyner | ... | Marvin Gillet | |
| Patricia Kalember | ... | Amanda Ray Ross | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | ... | KKK Leader | |
| Richard Belzer | ... | Phil | |
| Phil Hartman | ... | Bly Manager | |
| Titos Vandis | ... | Uncle Kakakis | |
| Don Hood | ... | Tom Barbour | |
| Dennis Burkley | ... | Joe Jack | |
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Ailing Los Angeles newspaper reporter Irvin "Fletch" Fletcher, in debt, inherits from a aunt "Bell Isle", a sprawling 80-acre Louisiana plantation estate, quits his job and moves east expecting to live like a Dixie king. But he failed to inspect the run-down inheritance, leaving him only a shabby mansion with a shifty caretaker instead of reliable staff. Having celebrated anyway with an attractive lawyer in bed, he wakes up finding her mysteriously murdered and himself jailed, soon to be bailed, as prime suspect. Undaunted by a neighborly lawyer's warning to leave town, he waves foxy real estate agent Becky Culpepper's persistent offer well above the apparent value from a third party and starts snooping why with Becky. That proves a dangerous activity for him and almost anybody around, everything pointing to local magnate Hamilton "Ham" Johnson and his 'Confederate' circle of friends; including TV preacher Jimmy Lee Farnsworth and a dodgy chemical plant. Written by KGF Vissers
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 March 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fletch Saved See more »Filming Locations:
Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$8,045,760, 19 March 1989Gross USA:
$35,150,960Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$39,450,960, 31 December 1989Company Credits
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Fletch's complete list of disguises and aliases is: Peggy-Lee Zorba, Nostradamus, The Colonel, Geometry Fletch, Billy-Jean King, Claude-Henry Smoot, Peter Lemonjello, Ed Harley, Elmer-Fudd Gantry, Henry Himmler, Eldridge Cleaver, Victor Hugo, and Bobby-Lee Schwartz II. See more »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.) See more »Quotes
Fletch: I borrowed your toothbrush. I would have used your razor but it looks like you've been doing some gardening with it.See more »
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Fletch (Chevy Chase) 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.
The movie gained a mixed to negative reception, and I can understand why. While there is a certain level of fun with any classic Chevy Chase film, this one has almost none of what made the first one great. Much lighter on the antics, and much heavier on trying to play up southern stereotypes for cheap laughs.
Hal Holbrook and R. Lee Ermey make for some good supporting cast members, but they just are not enough to save this one. Entertaining, yes, but not the sequel it should have been.