Scavenger Hunt

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Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt film poster
Directed by	Michael Schultz
Produced by	Melvin Simon
Written by	Henry Harper John Thomson Steven Vail Gerry Woolery
Starring	Richard Benjamin James Coco Scatman Crothers Cloris Leachman Cleavon Little
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Cinematography	Ken Lamkin
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	December 21, 1979
Running time	116 min.
Country	US
Language	English
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Scavenger Hunt is a 1979 comedy film with a large ensemble cast, in the mold of the 1963 comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 Availability
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

An eccentric game inventor (Vincent Price) dies, stipulating in his will that the winner of an elaborate scavenger hunt will inherit his estate. The various (potential) beneficiaries form teams and each team gets involved in various misadventures along the way.

[edit] Cast

The ensemble cast includes Richard Benjamin, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Robert Morley, Tony Randall, Ruth Gordon, Scatman Crothers, Richard Mulligan and James Coco. The film was directed by Michael Schultz, and released by 20th Century Fox. It is also one of the earliest movie appearances of Arnold Schwarzenegger and has a special appearance by rock legend Meat Loaf.

[edit] Availability

The film itself was first issued onto the home video market in 1984, only on videocassette (both Beta and VHS formats), by CBS/FOX Home Video. It remained available on video until it was eventually discontinued in the mid 1990s. This movie was never issued on any videodisc format (CED or Laserdisc); and, as of early 2008, has not yet been released on DVD.