It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Movie cover
Directed byJohn Trent
Written byClaude Harz
David Main
John Trent
Produced byDavid Perlmutter
StarringAnthony Newley
Stefanie Powers
Isaac Hayes
Lloyd Bochner
Yvonne De Carlo
John Candy
Lawrence Dane
Music byWilliam McCauley
Distributed byGemstone Entertainment
Release date
  • September 11, 1975 (1975-09-11)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time is a Canadian comedy film, directed by John Trent and released in 1975.[1] One of John Candy's earliest films, he plays the minor role of an investigating police officer. However, for marketing/publicity reasons, Candy appears on the cover of the DVD release.

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 109.