Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
- journalist
- rio de janeiro
- sarcasm
- insurance fraud
- dirty cop
- police corruption
- disguise
- assumed identity
- heroin addict
- cabana
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Chevy Chase
Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Tim Matheson
Alan Stanwyk
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Gail Stanwyk
Joe Don Baker
Chief Jerry Karlin
- Richard Libertini — Frank Walker
- Geena Davis — Larry
- M. Emmet Walsh — Dr. Joseph Dolan
- George Wendt — Fat Sam
- Kenneth Mars — Stanton Boyd
- Bill Henderson — Speaker
- William Traylor — Ted Underhill
- George Wyner — Marvin Gillet
- Tony Longo — Detective #1
- Larry Jenkins — Gummy
- Ralph Seymour — Creasy
- Directed
- Michael Ritchie
- Written
- Andrew Bergman
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 794 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Vincent Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1985 · You’re hereFletch
Where it starts.
Fletch Lives
1989
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
