Americathon
Americathon
Release: 1979-08-10
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 3.5
Comedy
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Cast
Chief Dan George
as Sam Birdwater
George Fisher
as Al Feisal
Loren Janes
as Stage Hand
Cybill Shepherd
as Gold Girl (Uncredited)
Peter Marshall
as Himself
Tom Platz
Skeeter Vaughan
Fred Willard
as Vincent Vanderhoff
John Creamer
as Oliver Holmes
Meat Loaf
as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
Nancy Morgan
as Lucy Beth
Dick Winslow
John Carradine
as Uncle Sam
George Carlin
as Narrator
Harvey Korman
as Monty Rushmore
Jimmy Weldon
as Big Jim, VP Research
Allan Arbus
as Moishe Weitzman
Zelda Rubinstein
Michael St. Clair
Peter Riegert
as Eric McMurkin
John Ritter
as President Chet Roosevelt
Neal Israel
as Rabbi Protester
Jake Steinfeld
Willie Tyler
Jimmy Carter
as Self (Archive Footage)
John Lone
as Chinese
Robert Starr
as TV Technician
Richard Schaal
as Jerry
Terence McGovern
as Danny Olson
J.A. Preston
as Morty
Elvis Costello
as The Earl of Manchester
Gene LeBell
as Referee
Jerry Maren
Michael Mislove
as Mickey
David Opatoshu
as Abdul Muhammad, Abdul Mohammad
Dorothy Stratten
as Americathon Stage Dancer
John Welsh
as Ben
Dom Magwili
as Mouling's Manager
George Memmoli
as Blinky Fun
David S. Cass Sr.
as Commando #2
Ben Fong-Torres
as Chinese
Howard Hesseman
as Kip Margolis
Eric Lee
Zane Buzby
as Mouling Jackson
Tommy Lasorda
as Jimmy Dumphy
Fred Lerner
as Commando #3
Jay Leno
as Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
Linda Montana
Elizabeth Carder
as Clergy
Alison Brown
as Americathon Stage Dancer
