Cold Turkey (1971)

Name: Cold Turkey
Director: Norman Lear
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1971-02-19
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott

19711h 39mPG-13Comedy

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

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Cast

Dick Van DykeRev. Clayton Brooks
Pippa ScottNatalie Brooks
Tom PostonMr. Stopworth
Edward Everett HortonHiram C. Grayson
Bob ElliottHugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy
Vincent GardeniaMayor Wappler
Barnard HughesDr. Proctor
Graham JarvisAmos Bush
Jean StapletonMrs. Wappler
Paul BenedictZen Buddhist
Judith LowryOdie Turman
Bob NewhartMerwin Wren
Hubert H. HumphreySelf (archive footage)
Pat NixonSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Spiro AgnewSelf (archive footage)
Barbara CasonLetitia Hornsby

Crew

Director: Norman Lear
Writers: Norman Lear
Producers: Bud Yorkin Dick Van Dyke Norman Lear
Music: Randy Newman
Cinematography: Charles F. Wheeler
Editing: John C. Horger

Details

Released: February 19, 1971
Language: English
Studio: Tandem Productions, DFI
IMDb: tt0066927