Americathon (1979)

Comedy, General Film, Guilty Pleasure

https://youtu.be/r_62psgsTqE

Director: Neal Israel

Writer(s): Phil Proctor, Peter Bergman

Starring: Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Zane Buzby, Nancy Morgan, John Ritter, Richard Schaal, Allan Arbus, Elvis Costello, Chief Dan George, Tommy Lasorda, Jay Leno, Peter Marshall, David Opatoshu, Meat Loaf, George Carlin, Nellie Bellflower, J.A. Preston, Jimmy Weldon, Regis Cordic, Terence McGovern, Michael Mislove, Robert Beer, Althea Lawton, John Creamer, George Memmoli, Gary Wood, Ben Fong Torres, John Lone, Rollin Moriyama, Mitsu Yashima, Greta Stephanie Gratz, Lenard George, George Fisher, Jim Burke, David S. Cass Sr., Fred Lerner, Mike H. McGaughy, Jamie Masada, Richard Reicheg, Joe Rizkallah, Howard Hesseman, Dede Howard, Geno Andrews, Michael Collins, Sosimo Hernandez, John Welsh, Damon Bradley Raskin, Georgi Irene, Jeannine Irene, May Boss, Dom Magwili, Ron Prince, Joe Finnegan, Gene LeBell, Kurt Taylor, Doug Steckler, Valerie Danielle Perri, Darlene Joy Dirkquist, Ilona Wilson, Cynthia Zigeti, Olesley Cole, Bobby Baum, Stan Barrett, Jon Robbins, Charles A. Tamburro, Bill Ford, Loren Janes, Jay Ross, Teri Schwartz, Janie Squire, Selma Archerd, Robert Starr, Neal Israel, Art Musto, Karen Hartman, Jerry Layne, Michael St. Clair, Willie Tyler, Elena Del Rubio, Milly Del Rubio, Eadie Del Rubio, Eric Lee, Carl Carlsson, Ruth Carlsson, Tony Cappola, Dick Winslow, Jerry Maren, Zelda Rubinstein, Jimmy Briscoe, Elizabeth Barrington, Harry Monty, Frank Delfino, Anita Liebert, David Beckett, Chester Hayes, Linda Montana, Skeeter Vaughan, Maurice Cook, Sophia Bibbs, Michael McLoughlin, Larry Ahlman, Merrill Hardy, Ronald J. May, Bruce Brann, Keenan Jackson, Roy D. Jackson, Ronald Jackson, Fred Spencer, Alan Peterson, Eric Boles, Robert Strom, Don Seigal, Kal Szkalak, Dennis Tinerino, Jake Steinfeld, Tom Platz, Jim Yosenchak, Tony Clark Stewart, Christopher Lowry, Richard Rossington, Fred Wilson, David Pomeranz, Lori Lieberman, Billy Barnum, Maxine Anderson, Lee Lund, Smith Wordes, Cindy DeVore, Sandy Rovetta, Eddie Verso, Edward J. Heim, Marianna Pecora, Deborah Ann Routson, Warren Lucas, Bruce Keeler, Johnny Oliver, Chris Page, Jon Wolff, John Mayhan, Pat Zicari, Carmen Fanzone, Michael Egan, Michael George, Bob Rafkin, Frank Fabio, Henry Newmark, John Carradine, Alison Brown, Elizabeth Carder, Jimmy Carter, Donald Chaffin, Terry Donohue, Ken DuMain, Steven Hauptman, Robert Hitchcock, Helen Kelly, Jef Labes, Mike McCartney, Cybill Shepherd, Dorothy Stratten, Bob Templeton, Cynthia Windham

Synopsis: In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.

Release Date: August 10, 1979 (USA) | Length: 86 min | Genre: Comedy | Certificate: PG

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