Americathon (1979)
The ultimate spectacle is now a movie.
86 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Harvey Korman as Monty Rushmore
- Fred Willard as Vincent Vanderhoff
- Peter Riegert as Eric McMerkin
- Zane Buzby as Mouling Jackson
- Nancy Morgan as Lucy Beth
- John Ritter as President Chet Roosevelt
- Richard Schaal as Jerry
- Allan Arbus as Moishe Weitzman
- Elvis Costello as Earl Manchester
- Chief Dan George as Sam Birdwater
Crew
- Neal Israel · Director
- Phil Proctor · Writer
- Peter Bergman · Writer
- Neal Israel · Writer
- Michael Mislove · Writer
- Joe Roth · Producer
- Tom Scott · Composer
- Gerald Hirschfeld · Cinematographer
- David Blangsted · Editor
- John C. Howard · Editor
- Stan Jolley · Production designer