Fresh
Writer Colin Higgins makes a good directorial bow.
Variety Staff, Variety
Foul Play
It's a highly dangerous comedy!!
1978 · 1h 56m · PG
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Colin Higgins
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Foul Play
Overview
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Director and cast
- Colin Higgins Director
- Goldie Hawn as Gloria Mundy
- Chevy Chase as Tony Carlson
- Burgess Meredith as Mr. Hennessey
- Eugene Roche as Archbishop Thorncrest / Archbishop's brother
- Dudley Moore as Stanley Tibbets
- Marilyn Sokol as Stella
- Brian Dennehy as Fergie
- Marc Lawrence as Rupert Stiltskin
- Rachel Roberts as Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
- Frances Bay as Mrs. Russel
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mr. Higgins's penchant for mixing visual elegance with coarse gags is equally ill-advised, especially because it makes him work the gags so hard.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Director Colin Higgins plays foul with the audience, constructing some of the most dishonest suspense sequences ever filmed.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Unsatisfactory as a whole, the film is hilarious and tense in bits.
Time Out
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