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Foul Play is an homage to director Alfred Hitchcock, [5] several of whose films are referenced during the film. The premise of an innocent person becoming entangled in a web of intrigue is common in Hitchcock films, such as The 39 Steps , Saboteur , North by Northwest and, most notably, The Man Who Knew Too Much , which inspired the opera house ...
Colin Higgins (28 July 1941 – 5 August 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude, [1] and for directing the films Foul Play (1978) and 9 to 5 (1980).
Roche played dramatic supporting roles as well, often playing deceptively ordinary men who are shown to be capable of ruthlessness, menacing violence or disturbing perversity. In Murder, She Wrote, he played a bad cop who attempts to kill Jessica Fletcher, and as a criminal mastermind posing as a Catholic bishop in the film Foul Play.
Seven actors worked ... times between 1978 and 1997. After SNL, Chase, now 80, continued his acting career in both television and film. On the big screen, he starred in Foul Play (1978), ...
In the late 1970s Moore moved to Hollywood, where he had a supporting role in the hit film Foul Play (1978) with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. The following year saw his breakout role in Blake Edwards's 10, which became one of the biggest box-office hits of 1979 and gave him an unprecedented status as a romantic leading man.
Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". [3] [4] [1] A lifetime member of the Actors Studio, [5] [6] he won a Primetime Emmy Award, [7] was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two ...
His earlier films included several comedies, like Semi-Tough (1977) with Burt Reynolds (in which he portrayed a pro football player), Foul Play (1978) with Chevy Chase, and 10 (1979) with Dudley Moore (as a Manzanillo bartender). He appeared in the 1983 thriller Gorky Park as William Kirwill opposite William Hurt and Lee Marvin.
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 6 Coma: United Artists: Michael Crichton (director/screenplay); Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Richard Doyle, Lance LeGault, Tom Selleck, Joanna Kerns, Ed Harris, Philip Baker Hall