Cold Turkey (1971)
- Starring:
- Pippa Scott, Bob Newhart, (more)
- Director(s):
- Norman Lear
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
Synopsis of Cold Turkey
This comedy is notable as the final onscreen appearance (non-speaking) of Edward Everett Horton, a staple comic supporting actor from the early '30s onward. Dick Van Dyke plays an ambitious small-town minister who rallies the whole town to meet a challenge bet by a tobacco corporation. Cooked up by the tobacco company's public relations head (Bob Newhart), the bet is an offer to pay twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000.00) to any town that can quit smoking for the required period of time. Barnard Hughes is Dr. Proctor, a heart surgeon who has to be physically restrained to prevent him from smoking. Jean Stapleton is the mayor's wife, who swells visibly as her eating replaces cigarettes. Edward Everett Horton is eloquent as the mysterious tobacco tycoon who comes to observe the chaos first-hand. There is lots of frantic action as the townsfolk try to win the prize, and the tobacco company (which has no intention of paying off the bet) works to sabotage their efforts. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Complete Cast of Cold Turkey
- Pippa Scott - Natalie Brooks
- Edward Everett Horton - Hiram C. Grayson
- Dick Van Dyke - Rev. Clayton Brooks
- Eric Boles - Dennis
- Helen Page Camp - Mrs. Watson
- Bob Elliott - TV Personality Bob
- Ray Goulding - TV Personality Ray
- Barnard Hughes - Dr. Procter
- Harvey Jason - Hypnotist
- Judith Lowry - Odie
- Woodrow Parfrey - Tobacco Executive
- Peggy Rea - Mrs. Proctor
- Simon Scott - Mr. Kandiss
- Raymond Kark - Homer Watson
- Bob Newhart - Merwin Wren
- Jean Stapleton - Mrs. Wrappler
- Paul Benedict - Zen Buddhist
- Sudie Bond - Cissy
- Barbara Cason - Letitia
- Vincent Gardenia - Mayor
- Jack Grimes - TV Stage Manager
- Graham Jarvis - Amos Bush
- Gloria Le Roy - The Hooker
- George Mann - Bishop Manley
- Tom Poston - Mr. Stopworth
- Walter Sande - Tobacco Executive
- M. Emmet Walsh - Art
- Charles Pinney - Col. Galloway
- Director(s):
- Norman Lear
- Writer(s):
- Norman Lear
- Producer(s):
- Norman Lear
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Smoking, Mild Language, Suitable for Children)
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