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
Richard Schaal
as Jerry
Elvis Costello
as The Earl of Manchester
Zelda Rubinstein
Jimmy Carter
as Self (Archive Footage)
Robert Starr
as TV Technician
Ben Fong-Torres
as Chinese
David Opatoshu
as Abdul Muhammad, Abdul Mohammad
George Carlin
as Narrator
Gene LeBell
as Referee
Meat Loaf
as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
Zane Buzby
as Mouling Jackson
John Lone
as Chinese
Willie Tyler
Peter Marshall
as Himself
Terence McGovern
as Danny Olson
Fred Lerner
as Commando #3
Nancy Morgan
as Lucy Beth
Dom Magwili
as Mouling's Manager
Eric Lee
Fred Willard
as Vincent Vanderhoff
John Creamer
as Oliver Holmes
Elizabeth Carder
as Clergy
Jake Steinfeld
Tom Platz
George Fisher
as Al Feisal
Michael St. Clair
J.A. Preston
as Morty
John Welsh
as Ben
Linda Montana
Michael Mislove
as Mickey
Neal Israel
as Rabbi Protester
David S. Cass Sr.
as Commando #2
Alison Brown
as Americathon Stage Dancer
Jay Leno
as Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
Cybill Shepherd
as Gold Girl (Uncredited)
Jamie Masada
as Commando 5
Dick Winslow
Chief Dan George
as Sam Birdwater
Jimmy Weldon
as Big Jim, VP Research
Loren Janes
as Stage Hand
John Ritter
as President Chet Roosevelt
George Memmoli
as Blinky Fun
Peter Riegert
as Eric McMurkin
Allan Arbus
as Moishe Weitzman
John Carradine
as Uncle Sam
Harvey Korman
as Monty Rushmore
Dorothy Stratten
as Americathon Stage Dancer
Skeeter Vaughan
Tommy Lasorda
as Jimmy Dumphy
Jerry Maren
Howard Hesseman
as Kip Margolis
