Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey (1971)

See the hilarious BATTLE OF THE BUTT!

Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

star 6.2 6.6 57%
  • Release Date: 1971-02-19
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Director: Norman Lear

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    Cast

    • Dick Van Dyke

      Rev. Clayton Brooks

    • 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

    • Hubert H. Humphrey

      Self (archive footage)

    • 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) (uncredited)

    • Ted Knight

      Mr. Slick (uncredited)

    • Norman Lear

      Crying Man (uncredited)

    • 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)

    • Louis Zorich

      Douglas Truesdale (uncredited)

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