
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Cast

Chevy Chase
Andy Farmer

Madolyn Smith Osborne
Elizabeth Farmer

Kevin O'Morrison
Sheriff Ledbetter

Joseph Maher
Michael Sinclair

Jack Gilpin
Bud Culbertson
Caris Corfman
Betsy Culbertson
William Severs
Newspaper Editor

Mike Starr
Crocker

Glenn Plummer
Mickey

William Duell
Old Character

Helen Lloyd Breed
Old Operator
Kit Le Fever
Young Operator (as Kit Le Fevre)

Dakin Matthews
Marion Corey Jr.

William Newman
Gus Lotterhand

Alice Drummond
Mrs. Ethel Dinges

Kevin Conway
Crum Petree (uncredited)

Bill Fagerbakke
Lon Criterion

Nicholas Wyman
Dirk Criterion

Brad Sullivan
Brock

Nesbitt Blaisdell
Hank

George Buck
Peterbrook

Audrie Neenan
Ivy (as Audrie J. Neenan)

MacIntyre Dixon
Mayor Barclay

Raynor Scheine
Oates

Peter Boyden
Reporter

Reg E. Cathey
Reporter
Dan Desmond
Reporter
Don Plumley
Reporter
Brett Miller
Teenager
Jamie Meyer
Teenager
David Woodberry
Ike
Kevin Murphy
Ewell
Dennis Barr
First Base Coach
Barbara Baker
Woman in Stands
David Williams
Marcus
Steve Jonas
Driving Instructor
Russell Bletzer
Councilman
Evelyn McLean
Caroler
Steven John
Caroler
Judson Duncan
Caroler
Alison Hannas
Caroler
Robert Ingram
Caroler
Mary Johnson
Caroler
Kristin Kellom
Caroler
Paul Link
Caroler
Crew

George Roy Hill
Director

Jeffrey Boam
Screenplay

Jay Cronley
Novel

Alan Heim
Editor

Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Jim Van Wyck
First Assistant Director
Robert E. Warner
First Assistant Director
Princess O'Mahoney
Second Assistant Director
Liz Ryan
Second Assistant Director
Michael Rapley
Second Second Assistant Director
Patrick Kelley
Executive Producer
Bruce Bodner
Executive Producer
Robert Crawford Jr.
Producer

Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Marion Dougherty
Casting

Ann Roth
Costume Design
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Craig Lyman
Makeup Artist

Michael D. Moore
Second Unit Director
Henry Larrecq
Assistant Art Director
Deborah Dawson
ADR Editor

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Judy Cammer
Set Designer
Robert DePatis
Construction Coordinator
Lisa Dalton
Stunts
Don Picard
Stunts
Cliff Cudney
Stunts

Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Stunts

John Robotham
Stunts
John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin
Stunts
George Robotham
Stunts
Michael Ross
Property Master
Mike Cunningham
Assistant Property Master
Lee Haas
Unit Production Manager
George Goodman
Unit Production Manager
Gerard Cubero
Leadman
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