Cold Turkey (1971)
See the hilarious BATTLE OF THE BUTT!
99 min
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa 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.
- Release date
- February 19, 1971
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $11,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Dick Van Dyke as Rev. Clayton Brooks
- Pippa Scott as Natalie Brooks
- Tom Poston as Mr. Stopworth
- Edward Everett Horton as Hiram C. Grayson
- Bob & Ray as Hugh Upson
- Bob & Ray as David Chetley
- Bob & Ray as Sandy Van Andy
- Vincent Gardenia as Mayor Quincey L. Wappler
- Barnard Hughes as Dr. Proctor
- Graham Jarvis as Amos Bush
- Jean Stapleton as Mrs. Wappler
- Barbara Cason as Letitia Hornsby
Crew
- Norman Lear · Director
- Norman Lear · Writer
- William Price Fox · Writer
- Margaret Rau · Writer
- Neil Rau · Writer
- Norman Lear · Producer
- Randy Newman · Composer
- Charles F. Wheeler · Cinematographer
- John C. Horger · Editor