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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

The comedy adventure of two amateur spies who weren't cut out for intelligence.
Aug 28, 1981 · 1h 32m
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Comedy

PLOT

Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.

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CAST

Alan Arkin
Flash
Carol Burnett
Emily "Chu Chu"
Jack Warden
The Commander
Danny Aiello
Johnson
Adam Arkin
Charlie
Danny Glover
Morgan
Sid Haig
Vince
Vincent Schiavelli
B.J.
Directed by David Lowell Rich

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Melvin Simon Productions, 20th Century Fox
Country
US

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