Don't Drink the Water (1969 film)
Don't Drink the Water | |
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Directed by | Howard Morris |
Produced by |
Charles H. Joffe Jack Rollins |
Written by |
Woody Allen R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock |
Starring |
Jackie Gleason Estelle Parsons Ted Bessell |
Music by | Patrick Williams |
Cinematography | Harvey Genkins |
Edited by | Ralph Rosenblum |
Distributed by | Avco Embassy Pictures |
Release dates | 1969 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Don't Drink the Water is a 1969 comedy film starring Jackie Gleason and directed by Howard Morris, and based upon a 1966 play of the same name by Woody Allen. The supporting cast includes Estelle Parsons and Ted Bessell.
In 1994 Allen remade Don't Drink the Water for television, with himself in the Gleason role.[1]
Plot
Walter Hollander, a caterer, is on vacation with his wife Marion and daughter Susan. While flying to Athens, their plane is hijacked to Vulgaria, behind the Iron Curtain. While waiting for the plane to be cleared to take off again, Marion insists they go outside and take a few pictures. Unfortunately they are in a restricted area so the secret police suspect them of being spies. Inspector Krojak sends a squad of soldiers with machine guns to arrest them, and the Hollanders flee to the car of the American ambassador which is parked nearby.
The Hollanders take refuge in the U.S. Embassy nearby. The ambassador is away, leaving only his inept son Axel Magee to grant the Hollanders political asylum. Picketers protest outside the embassy as everyone tries to figure a way out. Walter and Marion even don a sultan's robes and attempt to sneak out with his party, but complicating matters further is that Susan has fallen in love with Axel.
Cast
- Jackie Gleason ... Walter Hollander
- Estelle Parsons ... Marion Hollander
- Ted Bessell ... Axel Magee
- Joan Delaney ... Susan Hollander
- Michael Constantine ... Commissar Krojack
- Howard St. John ... Ambassador Magee
- Danny Meehan ... Kilroy
- Jocelyne Lauzier... Citizen of Vulgaria
- Richard Libertini ... Father Drobney
- Pierre Olaf ... Chef
- Avery Schreiber ... Sultan
- Mark Gordon ... Mirik
- Phil Leeds ... Sam Blackwell
See also
- Don't Drink the Water (1994 TV movie)