Dick Van Dyke
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"A New Leaf" gets a little sentimental at the end, but not too much, and "Cold Turkey" ends with the scoundrels being shot by their own cigarette lighter. The movie, as everybody knows by now, concerns an attempt by a small town in Iowa to qualify for a $25 million award by signing all its citizens to a 30-day no smoking pledge.
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Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Small-town residents try to quit smoking for a cash reward. Cast & Crew. Read More. Norman Lear. Director. Dick Van Dyke. Rev. Clayton Brooks. Pippa Scott. Natalie Brooks. Tom Poston. Mr. Edgar Stopworth. Edward Everett Horton. Hiram C. Grayson. Bob Elliott. Newscaster.
As part of a publicity stunt, a tobacco company will award the small town of Eagle Rock, Iowa $25 million dollars if they can all quit smoking for 30 days. 726 IMDb 6.6 1 h 41 min 1971. X-Ray 13+.
PG-13 02/19/1971 (US) Comedy 1h 39m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. See the hilarious BATTLE OF THE BUTT! Overview. Reverend Brooks leads the 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.
About. Cold Turkey. COMEDY. A tobacco tycoon offers a $25-million prize to any town that can entirely give up smoking. It's a publicity stunt to get the tobacco company a billion dollars worth of publicity. A small-town parson (Dick Van Dyke) wants to put his town--and himself--on the map by winning this challenge.
Feb 19, 1971 · Synopsis by Clarke Fountain. This comedy is notable as the final onscreen appearance (non-speaking) of Edward Everett Horton, a staple comic supporting actor from the early '30s onward. Dick Van Dyke plays an ambitious small-town minister who rallies the whole town to meet a challenge bet by a tobacco corporation.
