

305 votes
1988
1h 41m
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Directed by George Roy Hill

Chevy Chase
Andy Farmer
Madolyn Smith Osborne
Elizabeth Farmer
Kevin O'Morrison
Sheriff Ledbetter
Joseph Maher
Michael Sinclair
Jack Gilpin
Bud CulbertsonCaris Corfman
Betsy CulbertsonWilliam Severs
Newspaper Editor
Mike Starr
Crocker
Glenn Plummer
Mickey
William Duell
Old CharacterHelen Lloyd Breed
Old OperatorKit Le Fever
Young Operator
Dakin Matthews
Marion Corey Jr.
William Newman
Gus Lotterhand
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Ethel Dinges
Kevin Conway
Crum Petree (uncredited)
Bill Fagerbakke
Lon Criterion
Nicholas Wyman
Dirk Criterion
Brad Sullivan
Brock
Nesbitt Blaisdell
HankStatus
Released
Release date
June 3, 1988
Budget
$19M
Revenue
$25.5M
Language
English