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