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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1978 DVD Release: 11/16/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Comedy Thriller See Also: Foul Play [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint], Foul Play

As he did in his screenplay for Silver Streak (1974), writer/director Colin Higgins mixes life-and-death melodrama with broad slapstick in Foul Play. Goldie Hawn stars as Gloria Mundy, a recent divorcée whose attempts to start life anew in San Francisco are bollixed up when she is inadvertently swept up in an assassination plot against the Pope. Offering sometimes dubious aid and comfort to Gloria is bumbling federal agent Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase). The film's comedy ranges from the farcical seduction efforts by musician Stanley Tibbets (Dudley Moore) to the zany, gag-filled car-chase finale. Foul Play features character actors Rachel Roberts and Eugene Roche as villains, Burgess Meredith as a martial arts-happy landlord, and Billy Barty as a long-suffering religious bookseller. It also packs in a memorable "throwaway" gag involving a profane Scrabble game played by sweet little old ladies Queenie Smith and Hope Summers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Goldie Hawn - Gloria Mundy
Chevy Chase - Tony Carlson
Burgess Meredith - Hennessey
Rachel Roberts - Gerda Casswell/Delia Darrow
Eugene Roche - Archbishop Thorncrest

Chevy Chase landed his first starring role after leaving Saturday Night Live -- with Goldie Hawn as his co-star, no less -- in this comedy thriller, which comes to DVD in a straightforward presentation. Foul Play has been transferred to disc in letterboxed format in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1; it has also been enhanced for anamorphic play on 16 x 9 monitors. The original English-language audio has been remixed for playback in Dolby Digital 5.1; the original mix is also included in Dolby Digital Mono, as is a dubbed French-language track. Optional subtitles appear in English. No additional bonus materials appear on this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide