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Cold Turkey

Release Year
1971
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Comedy
Directed By
Norman Lear
Cold Turkey

Reverend Brooks leads the 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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Dick Van Dyke

Rev. Clayton Brooks

Pippa Scott

Natalie Brooks

Tom Poston

Mr. Stopworth

Edward Everett Horton

Hiram C. Grayson

Bob Elliott

Hugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy

Barnard Hughes

Dr. Proctor

Graham Jarvis

Amos Bush

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. Wappler

Paul Benedict

Zen Buddhist

Judith Lowry

Odie Turman

Bob Newhart

Merwin Wren

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Norman Lear

Director

Norman Lear

Screenplay

Charles F. Wheeler

Director of Photography

John C. Horger

Editor

Rita Riggs

Costume Design

Norman Lear

Producer

Neil Rau

Novel

Margaret Rau

Novel

William Price Fox

Screenstory

Archie J. Bacon

Art Direction

Fred Price

Set Decoration

Dick Van Dyke

Executive Producer

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