Cold Turkey (1971)
February 19, 1971Release Date
Cold Turkey (1971)
February 19, 1971Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Dick Van Dyke
Rev. Clayton Brooks
Pippa Scott
Natalie Brooks
Tom Poston
Mr. Stopworth
Edward Everett Horton
Hiram C. Grayson
Bob Elliott
Hugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy
Vincent Gardenia
Mayor Quincey L. Wappler
Barnard Hughes
Dr. Proctor
Paul Benedict
Zen Buddhist
Graham Jarvis
Amos Bush
Judith Lowry
Odie Turman
Jean Stapleton
Mrs. Wappler
Bob Newhart
Merwin Wren
Barbara Cason
Letitia Hornsby
Norman Lear
Director
Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
William Price Fox
Writer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Spiro Agnew
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Rau
Writer
Neil Rau
Writer
Sudie Bond
Cissy
Helen Page Camp
Mrs. Watson
Randy Newman
Composer
Charles F. Wheeler
Cinematographer
Simon Scott
Mr. Kandiss
John C. Horger
Editor
Raymond Kark
Homer Watson
Peggy Rea
Mrs. Proctor
Woodrow Parfrey
Tobacco Executive
George Mann
Bishop Manley
Charles Pinney
Col. Galloway
M. Emmet Walsh
Art
Gloria LeRoy
The Hooker
Eric Boles
Dennis
Jack Grimes
TV Stage Manager
Walter Sande
Tobacco Executive
Harvey Jason
Hypnotist
Robert Christopher
Television Director (uncredited)
Murray Cline
Milkman (uncredited)
Michael Cornelison
Protester (uncredited)
Stan Gottlieb
Man on Operating Table (uncredited)
Ray Goulding
Walter Chronic / Paul Hardly / Arthur Lordly (uncredited)
Lynn Guthrie
Townsman (uncredited)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Knight
Mr. Slick (uncredited)
Maureen McCormick
Talking Doll (voice) (uncredited)
Burt Prelutsky
Tourist Asking for Directions (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 19, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$11,000,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical black comedy film starring Dick Van Dyke and a long list of comedic actors. The film was directed, coproduced and cowritten by Norman Lear and is based on the unpublished novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau.
In the film, a tobacco company offers tax-free money to any American populated place whose entire population can go cold turkey for a month. The offer is a publicity stunt, and the company does not expect anyone to take on the challenge. But an impoverished town in Iowa takes on the challenge, in hopes or reversing its rapid population decline. Its citizens start struggling with their shared addiction.
The film was produced in 1969 but was shelved for two years by the distributor over concerns about its box-office potential.