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The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
rating
6.179
runtime
83 min

Release

1977-08-10

Genres

Cast

Evan C. Kim
Evan C. Kim
as Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Bong Soo Han
Bong Soo Han
as Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Agneta Eckemyr
Agneta Eckemyr
as Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Marilyn Joi
Marilyn Joi
as Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Saul Kahan
Saul Kahan
as Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Marcy Goldman
Marcy Goldman
as Housewife (segment "Household Odors")
Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby
as Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")
John Landis
John Landis
as TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today")
Dulcie Jordan
Dulcie Jordan
as Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")
Gracia Lee
Gracia Lee
as Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors")
Sheila Rogers
Sheila Rogers
as Guest #3 (segment "Household Odors")
George Lazenby
George Lazenby
as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Victoria Carroll
Victoria Carroll
as The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon")
Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
as The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson
as Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead")
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
as Dino (segment "A.M. Today") (as Richard A. Baker)
Felix Silla
Felix Silla
as Crazed Clown (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Tony Dow
Tony Dow
as Wally (segment "Courtroom")
Boni Enten
Boni Enten
as Rita Filagree (segment "Courtroom")
Michael McManus
Michael McManus
as Hornung (segment "Courtroom")
Dick Yarmy
Dick Yarmy
as Taylor (segment "Courtroom")
David Zucker
David Zucker
as Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom")
Tara Strohmeier
Tara Strohmeier
as Girl (segment "Eyewitness News", as Tara Strohmeir)
Peggy Doyle
Peggy Doyle
as Auntie Em (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Branscombe Richmond
Branscombe Richmond
as Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Lenka Novak
Lenka Novak
as Linda Chambers (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Nancy Mann
Nancy Mann
as Susan Joyce (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Betsy Genson
Betsy Genson
as Nancy Reems (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Uschi Digard
Uschi Digard
as Woman in Shower (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
Jeff Maxwell
Jeff Maxwell
as Man (segment "Feel-A-Round")
George Cheung
George Cheung
as Guard #1 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Phillip Rhee
Phillip Rhee
as Klahn's Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
David Zucker
David Zucker
as Various
Jim Abrahams
Jim Abrahams
as Various
Jerry Zucker
Jerry Zucker
as Various
Stephen Stucker
Stephen Stucker
as Stenographer (segment "Courtroom")
Richard Gates
Richard Gates
as Boy (segment "Eyewitness News")
William Tregoe
William Tregoe
as John Fitzsimmons (segment "A.M. Today")
Jack Baker
Jack Baker
as Man (segment "Sex Record")
Sharon Kaough
Sharon Kaough
as Woman (segment "Sex Record")
Manny Perry
Manny Perry
as Big Jim Slade (segment "Sex Record")
Shadoe Stevens
Shadoe Stevens
as Voice Overs (voice)
Derek Murcott
Derek Murcott
as Pennington (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Colin Male
Colin Male
as Spokesman (segment "Argon") / Voice Overs (voice)
John Cassisi
John Cassisi
as Teenage Volunteer
Tracy Landis
Tracy Landis
as Candy Counter Girl (segment "Feel-a-Round"
Marcus K. Mukai
Marcus K. Mukai
as Guard #2 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Michael Alaimo
Michael Alaimo
as Usher (segment "Feel-a-Round")

Director

REVIEWS
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Toxic Fletch

Not unlike Monty Python's Flying Circus or The Benny Hill Show, The Kentucky Fried Movie, no actual relation to Kentucky or chicken, is an uneven collection of comedy skits, but being this is not for television it is sleazed up for one's viewing pleasure. Parodying much of 70s TV shows and movies, there are skits like the naughty Catholic High School Girls in Trouble promo reel, a blaxploitation parody, and the gem of the movie which is a kung-fu parody which takes up a good bit of the movie's running time. Like any comedy skit anthology the skits are uneven. Some are winners, some are flops. In retrospect they are perhaps more interesting in looking back on the 70s in a parody format. But the kung-fu parody is truly on target in what it parodies and the centerpiece of the movie. Alone I would give the kung-fu parody an 8/10 rating. Unfortunately some of the other skits drag down the whole of the movie, but it is worth it just to see the kung-fu bit. I give it 6/10 **Toxic Fletch**