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The Kentucky Fried Movie

Name: The Kentucky Fried Movie
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1977-08-10
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 6.194

★ 6,2 /10 (366 Votes)

1977 EN 83 min

Overview

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

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Release date

10/08/1977

Votes

366

Popularity

3.3

The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

83 min

Budget

$600,000

Evan C. Kim

Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Bong Soo Han

Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Agneta Eckemyr

Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Marilyn Joi

Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

Marcy Goldman

Housewife (segment "Household Odors")

Bill Bixby

Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")

John Landis

TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today")

Donald Sutherland

The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")

Victoria Carroll

The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon")

George Lazenby

The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")

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Saul Kahan

Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

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Dulcie Jordan

Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")

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Gracia Lee

Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors")

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Sheila Rogers

Guest #3 (segment "Household Odors")

Henry Gibson

Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead")

Rick Baker

Dino (segment "A.M. Today") (as Richard A. Baker)

Felix Silla

Crazed Clown (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")

Tony Dow

Wally (segment "Courtroom")

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Boni Enten

Rita Filagree (segment "Courtroom")

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Michael McManus

Hornung (segment "Courtroom")

Dick Yarmy

Taylor (segment "Courtroom")

David Zucker

Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom")

Tara Strohmeier

Girl (segment "Eyewitness News", as Tara Strohmeir)

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Peggy Doyle

Auntie Em (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Branscombe Richmond

Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Lenka Novak

Linda Chambers (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")

Nancy Mann

Susan Joyce (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")

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Betsy Genson

Nancy Reems (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")

Uschi Digard

Woman in Shower (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")

Jeff Maxwell

Man (segment "Feel-A-Round")

George Cheung

Guard #1 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Phillip Rhee

Klahn's Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

David Zucker

Various

Jim Abrahams

Various

Jerry Zucker

Various

Stephen Stucker

Stenographer (segment "Courtroom")

Richard Gates

Boy (segment "Eyewitness News")

William Tregoe

John Fitzsimmons (segment "A.M. Today")

Jack Baker

Man (segment "Sex Record")

Sharon Kaough

Woman (segment "Sex Record")

Manny Perry

Big Jim Slade (segment "Sex Record")

Shadoe Stevens

Voice Overs (voice)

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Derek Murcott

Pennington (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

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Colin Male

Spokesman (segment "Argon") / Voice Overs (voice)

John Cassisi

Teenage Volunteer

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Tracy Landis

Candy Counter Girl (segment "Feel-a-Round"

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Marcus K. Mukai

Guard #2 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Michael Alaimo

Usher (segment "Feel-a-Round")

Original Soundtrack

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Not unlike Monty Python's Flying Circus or The Benny Hill Show, The Kentucky Fried Movie, no actual relation to Kentucky or chicken, is an uneven collection of comedy skits, but being this is not for television it is sleazed up for one's viewing pleasure. Parodying much of 70s TV shows and movies, there are skits like the naughty Catholic High School Girls in Trouble promo reel, a blaxploitation parody, and the gem of the movie which is a kung-fu parody which takes up a good bit of the movie's running time. Like any comedy skit anthology the skits are uneven. Some are winners, some are f…

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