The Kentucky Fried Movie poster

The Kentucky Fried Movie( 1977)

TV-MAComedy
62%
User
Score

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Evan C. Kim

      Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

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      Bong Soo Han

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

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      Marilyn Joi

      Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

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      Saul Kahan

      Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

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      Marcy Goldman

      Housewife (segment "Household Odors")

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      Bill Bixby

      Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")

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      John Landis

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

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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")

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      George Lazenby

      The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")

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      Victoria Carroll

      The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon")

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      Donald Sutherland

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

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      Henry Gibson

      Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead")

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      Rick Baker

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

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      Felix Silla

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

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      Tony Dow

      Wally (segment "Courtroom")

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      Boni Enten

      Rita Filagree (segment "Courtroom")

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      Michael McManus

      Hornung (segment "Courtroom")

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      Dick Yarmy

      Taylor (segment "Courtroom")

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      David Zucker

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

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      Tara Strohmeier

      Girl (segment "Eyewitness News")

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      Peggy Doyle

      Auntie Em (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

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      Branscombe Richmond

      Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

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      Lenka Novak

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

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      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")

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      Uschi Digard

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

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      Jeff Maxwell

      Man (segment "Feel-A-Round")

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      George Cheung

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

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      Phillip Rhee

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

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      David Zucker

      Various

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      Jim Abrahams

      Various

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      Jerry Zucker

      Various

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      Stephen Stucker

      Stenographer (segment "Courtroom")

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      Richard Gates

      Boy (segment "Eyewitness News")

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      William Tregoe

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

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      Jack Baker

      Man (segment "Sex Record")

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      Sharon Kaough

      Woman (segment "Sex Record")

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      Manny Perry

      Big Jim Slade (segment "Sex Record")

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      Shadoe Stevens

      Voice Overs (voice)

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      Agneta Eckemyr

      Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

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      Derek Murcott

      Pennington (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

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      Colin Male

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

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      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")

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    A review by Toxic Fletch

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    Written by Toxic Fletch on Tue May 09 2017
    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 fl...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    600000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • commercial
    • journalism
    • manipulation of the media
    • satire
    • tv ratings
    • television producer
    • sketch comedy