
Fletch Lives(1989)
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.


“Meet the only guy who changes his identity more often than his underwear.”
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.

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
Fletch is a comedy, crime, mystery film released in 1985 exploring themes of journalist, rio de janeiro, insurance fraud, dirty cop, police corruption, disguise. Directed by Michael Ritchie, it stars Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. 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.
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