| Foul Play | |
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| Directed by | Colin Higgins |
| Written by | Colin Higgins |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David M. Walsh |
| Edited by | Pembroke J. Herring |
| Music by | Charles Fox |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[1] |
| Box office | $45 million[2] |
Foul Play is a 1978 American romantic neo-noir comedy thriller film written and directed by Colin Higgins, and starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Eugene Roche, Rachel Roberts, Brian Dennehy and Billy Barty.[3] In it, a recently divorced librarian is drawn into a mystery when a stranger hides a roll of film in a pack of cigarettes and gives it to her for safekeeping.
The film received seven Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Hawn), Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Chase) and Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Moore), as well as for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but won none.
The film inspired a television series of the same name starring Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin that aired on the ABC network in early 1981, and was cancelled after six episodes.[4]
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Foul Play, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ "Foul Play". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV shows 1946 – present. New York: Ballantine Books 1988 (Fourth Edition). ISBN 0-345-35610-1, p. 275