

Cold Turkey
1971-02-19 · 99 min · ★ 6.3
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
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Production details
- Directors
- Norman Lear
- Production companies
- Tandem Productions, DFI
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 11,000,000
Top Cast
Dick Van DykeRev. Clayton Brooks
Pippa ScottNatalie Brooks
Tom PostonMr. Stopworth
Edward Everett HortonHiram C. Grayson
Bob ElliottHugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy
Vincent GardeniaMayor Wappler
Barnard HughesDr. Proctor
Graham JarvisAmos Bush
Jean StapletonMrs. Wappler
Paul BenedictZen Buddhist
Judith LowryOdie Turman
Bob NewhartMerwin Wren
Hubert H. HumphreySelf (archive footage)
Pat NixonSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Spiro AgnewSelf (archive footage)
Barbara CasonLetitia Hornsby
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