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Cold Turkey

1971, Movie, PG, 99 mins

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Horton is a tobacco king who offers $25 million to any town that can quit smoking. Van Dyke is a hick-town parson takes up the challenge. His motivations are strictly selfish. Stapleton is the wife of mayor Gardenia, who begins eating furiously and gains weight as we watch. Lowry is a little old lady out hunting commie rats with a pistol. Poston is the town cad. While the ending is a copout, there's a lot of solid laughter from the excellent cast. Lear wears too many hats in... read more leave a comment
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A tobacco tycoon offers a $25-million prize to any town that can entirely give up smoking. It's a publicity stunt to get the tobacco company a billion dollars worth of publicity. A small-town parson (Dick Van Dyke) wants to put his town--and himself--on the map by winning this challenge. Led by Van Dyke and their own (major) greed, the town accepts and all hell breaks loose: a local doctor is driven nearly frantic...a banker must threaten loan recalls to convince a few holdouts...the mayor's wife eats furiously (and starts growing larger in front of our eyes)...an old, very patriotic woman in a nicotine-withdrawal frenzy starts shooting local "Commie" street rats with a pistol...a town cad makes extra hell for everyone... Created by Norman Lear ("All in the Family").
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Length: 01:41:50
Posted: 5/23/2009
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A tobacco tycoon offers a $25-million prize to any town that can entirely give up smoking. It's a publicity stunt to get the tobacco company a billion dollars worth of publicity. A small-town parson (Dick Van Dyke) wants to put his town--and himself--on the map by winning this challenge. Led by Van Dyke and their own (major) greed, nearly frantic...a banker must threaten loan recalls to convince a few holdouts...the mayor's wife eats furiously (and starts growing larger in front of our eyes)...an old, very patriotic woman in a nicotine- withdrawal frenzy starts shooting local "Commie" street rats with a pistol...a town cad makes extra hell for everyone... Created by Norman Lear ("All in the Family").
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Length: 01:42:00
Posted: 6/1/2009
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A tobacco tycoon offers a $25-million prize to any town that can entirely give up smoking. It's a publicity stunt to get the tobacco company a billion dollars worth of publicity. A small-town parson (Dick Van Dyke) wants to put his town--and himself--on the map by winning this challenge. Led by Van Dyke and their own (major) greed, nearly frantic...a banker must threaten loan recalls to convince a few holdouts...the mayor's wife eats furiously (and starts growing larger in front of our eyes)...an old, very patriotic woman in a nicotine- withdrawal frenzy starts shooting local "Commie" street rats with a pistol...a town cad makes extra hell for everyone... Created by Norman Lear ("All in the Family").
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:42:00
Posted: 6/1/2009
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Year: 1971
Rated PG

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Cast
Dick Van Dyke: Rev. Clayton Brooks
Pippa Scott: Natalie Brooks
Tom Poston: Mr. Stopworth
Edward Everett Horton: Hiram C. Grayson
Bob Elliott: TV Personalities Bob and Ray
Ray Goulding: TV Personalities Bob and Ray

 

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