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