
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
Cast

Chevy Chase
Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

Tim Matheson
Alan Stanwyk

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Gail Stanwyk

Joe Don Baker
Chief Jerry Karlin

Richard Libertini
Frank Walker

Geena Davis
Larry

M. Emmet Walsh
Dr. Joseph Dolan

George Wendt
Fat Sam

Kenneth Mars
Stanton Boyd

Bill Henderson
Speaker

William Traylor
Ted Underhill

George Wyner
Marvin Gillet

Tony Longo
Detective #1

Larry Jenkins
Gummy

Ralph Seymour
Creasy

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

William Sanderson
Jim Swarthout

Beau Starr
Willy

James Avery
Detective #2
Peggy Doyle
Identification Nurse
David W. Harper
Teenager

Burton Gilliam
Bud

Chick Hearn
Chick Hearn

Alison La Placa
Pan Am Clerk
Merv Maruyama
Chinese Busboy
Robert Sorrells
Marvin Stanwyk
Rick Garcia
Waiter
Crew

Michael Ritchie
Director

Andrew Bergman
Screenplay
Gregory McDonald
Novel
Richard A. Harris
Editor
Toni Morgan
Assistant Editor
Fred Schuler
Director of Photography
Jack Garsha
Color Timer
Wolfgang Glattes
First Assistant Director, Production Consultant
Larry Rapaport
Second Assistant Director
Chip Fowler
Production Coordinator
Peter Douglas
Producer

Alan Greisman
Producer
Gordon A. Webb
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager

Boris Leven
Production Design
Lou Barlia
Camera Operator
Henry M. Lebo
Camera Operator
Raymond Stella
Camera Operator
Jud Kehl
Assistant Camera
Carol Lefko
Casting Assistant
Patricia Mock
Casting
Carlos Tappin
Extras Casting
Gloria Gresham
Costume Design
Bunny Parker
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
Peter Norman
Second Unit Director
Gary B. Kibbe
Second Unit Director of Photography
Ronald Jacobs
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Shoup
Sound Editor
Karen Spangenberg
Sound Editor
Michael Magill
Assistant Sound Editor
Karen Brocco
Assistant Sound Editor
David Franklin Bergad
Apprentice Sound Editor
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James R. Alexander
Sound Mixer
Greg Agalsoff
Boom Operator
Dennie Thorpe
Foley
Vivien Hillgrove
ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor
Earl Gilbert
Chief Lighting Technician
Cliff Wenger
Special Effects

Harold Faltermeyer
Original Music Composer
Jeff Carson
Music Editor
Ken Lubin
Transportation Captain
Craig Pinkard
Transportation Coordinator
Marvin March
Set Decoration
Louis M. Mann
Set Designer
Richard Reseigne
Construction Coordinator
Randy Tepper
Still Photographer
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Ira S. Rosenstein
Location Manager

Jeannie Epper
Stunts

Gene LeBell
Stunts

Gary Epper
Stunts

Rick Overton
Stunts

Carey Loftin
Stunts

Dick Warlock
Stunts

George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
Richard Epper
Stunts

Richard L. Duran
Stunts

Vince Deadrick Jr.
Stunts

George Fisher
Stunts

Tim Gilbert
Stunts
Neal Kaz
Stunts
Ray Marek
Stunts
J.N. Roberts
Stunts

Walter Robles
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts
Dean Jeffries
Stunt Coordinator
Gaylin P. Schultz
Key Grip
Phyllis Gardner Hirsen
Unit Publicist

Todd Hallowell
Art Direction
Paul Myerberg
Leadman
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