Fletch (1985)

98 min · Detective Film, Komödie, comedy film, crime film, mystery film

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Directors

Michael Ritchie

Cast

Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson, M. Emmet Walsh, Geena Davis

The story

Los Angeles Times undercover reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher (who writes as "Jane Doe") is writing an article exposing drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles. While posing as an addict, he is approached by Boyd Aviation executive vice president Alan Stanwyk, who assumes Fletch is a real junkie.

Catalogue themes and tags

Business Man, Drug Traffic, Female Journalist, Identity theft, Mission of Murder, Undercover agent, Thriller, Mystery, Comedy, Cult, Comedy Thriller

Genres

Detective Film, Komödie, comedy film, crime film, mystery film

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