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Foul Play (1978)

★ 6.3 · 270 ratings on TMDB

It's a highly dangerous comedy!!

Foul Play poster★ 6.3

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

DirectorColin Higgins
CastBrian Dennehy, Burgess Meredith, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Frances Bay
GenresComedy, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Foul Play keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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