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Learn the meaning of foul play as violence or murder, and see synonyms and example sentences. Find out the word history, usage, and related entries of foul play in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Jul 14, 1978 · A San Francisco librarian becomes a target of assassins after finding a microfilm cassette left by a dying agent. She teams up with a cop and a neighbor to stop the plot to kill the Pope.
- Colin Higgins
- 131
- 1 min
Foul Play is a 1978 American romantic neo-noir comedy thriller film written and directed by Colin Higgins, and starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Eugene Roche, Rachel Roberts, Brian Dennehy and Billy Barty.
- $5 million
Foul play is a noun that means a criminal act that results in serious damage or injury, especially murder, or an unfair act in sport. Learn how to use it in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.
Entertaining and charming like its charismatic leads, Foul Play is a rollicking homage to the master of suspense for those who prefer mysteries with gags on top. Librarian Gloria Mundy (Goldie...
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- Colin Higgins
- PG
- Goldie Hawn
A comedy thriller about a librarian who gets involved in a plot to assassinate the Pope after picking up a dying hitchhiker. She is chased by a dwarf, an albino, and other mysterious characters, and is helped by a handsome detective.
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Unfair or treacherous action, especially involving violence. For example, The police suspected he had met with foul play . This term originally was and still is applied to unfair conduct in a sport or game and was being used figuratively by the late 1500s. Shakespeare used it in The Tempest (1:2): “What foul play had we, that we came from thence?”