Foul Play
“It's a highly dangerous comedy!!”
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
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Cast
29 people
Goldie Hawn
Gloria Mundy
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Death Becomes Her
Overboard
Chevy Chase
Tony Carlson
Known for
Community
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Burgess Meredith
Mr. Hennessey
Known for
Rocky
Clash of the Titans
Eugene Roche
Archbishop Thorncrest / Archbishop's brother
Known for
Slaughterhouse-Five
When a Man Loves a Woman
Dudley Moore
Stanley Tibbets
Known for
Arthur
10
Marilyn Sokol
Stella
Known for
The Basketball Diaries
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Brian Dennehy
Fergie
Known for
Ratatouille
First Blood
Marc Lawrence
Rupert Stiltskin
Known for
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Man with the Golden Gun
Rachel Roberts
Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
Known for
Picnic at Hanging Rock
This Sporting Life
Frances Bay
Mrs. Russel
Known for
Happy Gilmore
Blue Velvet
Queenie Smith
Elsie
Known for
Sleep, My Love
Show Boat
Billy Barty
J.J. MacKuen
Known for
Masters of the Universe
Legend
Colin Higgins Director · Charles Fox Composer David M. Walsh Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $5M · United States release July 14, 1978
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$45,000,000
Gross vs. budget
9.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Miller-Milkis Productions
Production
Shelburne Associates
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · July 14, 1978
Digital
United States · July 14, 1978
Theatrical
Brazil
May 21, 1979 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 7, 1981 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 18, 1979 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 7, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 15, 1978 · Theatrical
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