Foul Play ( Killing Lydia )

Foul Play (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Killing Lydia
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Colin Higgins

Written By:
Colin Higgins

Actors:
Goldie Hawn ..... Gloria Mundy
Chevy Chase ..... Tony Carlson
Burgess Meredith ..... Mr. Hennessey
Rachel Roberts ..... Gerda Casswell
Eugene Roche ..... Archbishop Thorncrest
Dudley Moore ..... Stanley Tibbets
Marilyn Sokol ..... Stella
Brian Dennehy ..... Fergie
Marc Lawrence ..... Stiltskin
Chuck McCann ..... Theatre Manager
Billy Barty ..... J.J. MacKuen
Don Calfa ..... Scarface
Bruce Solomon ..... Scott
Cooper Huckabee ..... Sandy
Pat Ast ..... Mrs. Venus

Synopsis:

Ever since coming out of a failed marriage, San Francisco librarian Gloria Mundy has lived a reclusive life with no romance on the horizon. Encouraged by her friends who think she should start dating again, Gloria picks up a stranded motorist along the highway, he named Bob 'Scotty' Scott. The two make a date for later that evening. At that date in a dark movie theater, Scotty, with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, tells Gloria among other things that there's going to be a murder and to 'beware of the dwarf', after which he dies. But before she can call in the authorities, Scotty's dead body goes missing with no one in the theater having seen him either dead or alive. As Gloria nervously wonders what is happening, a series of people including a dwarf, an albino, a Turkish looking man, and a man with a scar on his face, are chasing her seemingly wanting to kill her. All the while, she keeps on encountering this nervous little English-accented man who wants Gloria for another reason. The police are finally called in after a break-in at her apartment, where she thinks she's killed the man with the scar on his face. When SFPD Detectives Tony Carlson and 'Fergie' Ferguson arrive on the scene, they find Gloria unconscious with no dead body in sight. Despite both detectives thinking that her ramblings are pure hallucinations, Tony, attracted to her, decides to be Gloria's protector. But as more and more happens to Gloria, the mystery behind Scotty and his death becomes clearer. Scotty's death is only one element in a plot more vast than either Gloria, Tony or Fergie could have imagined.

When, unbeknownst to Gloria, a microfilm cassette is left with her by a dying agent, she becomes entangled in a complicated series of events. She's pursued by a dwarf and an albino, and becomes convinced that they are out to kill her. Finally, with the help of San Francisco detective Tony Carlson, she begins to turn the tables on her pursuers. It becomes clear that the nerfarious crew after her are plotting a dastardly deed indeed - to assassinate the Pope as he visits the city to see 'The Mikado'. Gloria and Tony must race against time to prevent this terrible crime.

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

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 07 November, 2012.

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