Cold Turkey (1971)
February 19, 1971Release Date
Cold Turkey (1971)
February 19, 1971Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Dick Van Dyke
Rev. Clayton Brooks / Executive Producer
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 Wappler
Barnard Hughes
Dr. Proctor
Graham Jarvis
Amos Bush
Jean Stapleton
Mrs. Wappler
Paul Benedict
Zen Buddhist
Judith Lowry
Odie Turman
Bob Newhart
Merwin Wren
Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Spiro Agnew
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Cason
Letitia Hornsby
Sudie Bond
Cissy
Helen Page Camp
Mrs. Watson
Simon Scott
Mr. Kandiss
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)
Norman Lear
Crying Man (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay / Producer
Maureen McCormick
Talking Doll (voice) (uncredited)
Burt Prelutsky
Tourist Asking for Directions (uncredited)
Mrs. Burt Prelutsky
Tourist's Wife (uncredited)
Charles White
Senator Sildge (uncredited)
Jerry Whittington
Wilber Scott (uncredited)
Glenn Yarbrough
Working Stiff (uncredited)
William Price Fox
Screenstory
Louis Zorich
Douglas Truesdale (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 19, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$11,000,000
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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 written for the screen, produced, and directed by Norman Lear, marking his directorial debut and his only directorial feature film credit. Cold Turkey was based on the unpublished novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau. Randy Newman composed and performed original music for the film.
In the film, the fictional Valiant Tobacco Company stages a publicity stunt, offering $25 million tax-free dollars to any American town whose entire population can stop smoking cigarettes for a month. A charismatic, ambitious preacher, Reverend Clayton Brooks, encourages the depressed small town of Eagle Rock, Iowa, to take on the challenge, but the town struggles to overcome its addiction to tobacco.
The film was shot in Greenfield, Iowa and local residents served as extras.
The film was produced in 1969 but was shelved for two years by the distributor over concerns about its box-office potential.