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Fletch Lives

Fletch Lives

When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job.

19896.01h 35m

Overview

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

Directed by Michael Ritchie
Written by Leon Capetanos, Gregory McDonald
Produced by Peter Douglas, Alan Greisman
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0MRevenue: $35.2M

Top Cast

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Hamilton "Ham" Johnson

Julianne Phillips

Julianne Phillips

Becky Culpepper

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

Richard Libertini

Richard Libertini

Frank Walker

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Ben Dover

Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Calculus Entropy

George Wyner

George Wyner

Marvin Gillet

Patricia Kalember

Patricia Kalember

Amanda Ray Ross

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

KKK Leader

Themes & Keywords

journalistplantationlouisianasequelfish out of waterlos angeles, californiamurder suspecttelevangelisttoxic wastehilarious

About Fletch Lives

Fletch Lives is a comedy, crime, mystery film released in 1989 exploring themes of journalist, plantation, louisiana, sequel, fish out of water, los angeles, california. Directed by Michael Ritchie, it stars Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips. Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

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