"When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job."

1989

1h 35m

6.0(316 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Overview

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

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Cast & Crew

49 members

Acting

Chevy Chase

Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

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Hal Holbrook

Hamilton "Ham" Johnson

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Julianne Phillips

Becky Culpepper

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R. Lee Ermey

Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

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Richard Libertini

Frank Walker

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Randall "Tex" Cobb

Ben Dover

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Cleavon Little

Calculus Entropy

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George Wyner

Marvin Gillet

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Patricia Kalember

Amanda Ray Ross

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Geoffrey Lewis

KKK Leader

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Richard Belzer

Phil

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Phil Hartman

Bly Manager

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Titos Vandis

Uncle Kakakis

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Don Hood

Tom Barbour

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Dennis Burkley

Joe Jack

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Noelle Beck

Betty Dilworth

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Don Brockett

Sheriff

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Constance Shulman

Cindy Mae

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William Traylor

Mr. Underhill

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Barney D. Arceneaux

Party Guest

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Roy Babich

Klansman

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Mary Battilana

Bly Assistant

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Walter Charles

Tony

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Robert Dawson

Tour Guide

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Darren Dublin

Ancient Copy Boy

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R. Bruce Elliott

Info Technician

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Patrick Farrelly

O'Reilly

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Grace Gaynor

Mrs. Underhill

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Richmond Harrison

T'boo Ted

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Catherine Hearne

Lyda Perl

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Charlie Holliday

Security Guard

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Christian Kauffmann

Bruce

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Matthew Kimbrough

Bly Guard

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Johnny Kline

Usher

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Clarence M. Landry

Damon Feather

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Marcella Lowery

Selma

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Jordan Lund

Deputy Sheriff

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Tom McCleister

Klansman #2

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Patricia G. McConnell

Deputy's Wife

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Dick McGarvin

Announcer

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Keith Mills

Church Elder

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Michael P. Moran

Morgue Attendant

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Louis M. Rapaport

Walter Bob Buggem

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Robert Silver

Kakakis Brother

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Ebbe Roe Smith

Jim Bob

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R. David Smith

Gordon Joe

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John Wylie

Accountant

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Herbert Benkman

Man (uncredited)

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Directing

Dustin Dugas Schuetter

Congregation member (uncredited)

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