The Kentucky Fried Movie poster
Director John Landis
Writer David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Comedy1977

Tagline: The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!

Release Date: 1977-08-10

Duration: 83 minutes

Synopsis

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

Casting

  • Donald Sutherland
    The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
  • Uschi Digard
    Woman in Shower (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")
  • George Cheung
    Guard #1 (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
  • Henry Gibson
    Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead")
  • John Landis
    TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today")
  • George Lazenby
    The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
  • David Zucker
    Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom")
  • David Zucker
    Various
  • Bill Bixby
    Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")
  • Tony Dow
    Wally (segment "Courtroom")