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