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