Cold Turkey (1971)

See the hilarious BATTLE OF THE BUTT!

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

Cast (48)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Dick Van Dyke

Rev. Clayton Brooks

Pippa Scott

Natalie Brooks

Tom Poston

Mr. Stopworth

Edward Everett Horton

Hiram C. Grayson

Bob Elliott

Hugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy

Vincent Gardenia

Mayor Wappler

Barnard Hughes

Dr. Proctor

Graham Jarvis

Amos Bush

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. Wappler

Paul Benedict

Zen Buddhist

Judith Lowry

Odie Turman

Bob Newhart

Merwin Wren

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Pat Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Spiro Agnew

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Cason

Letitia Hornsby

Sudie Bond

Cissy

H

Helen Page Camp

Mrs. Watson

Simon Scott

Mr. Kandiss

R

Raymond Kark

Homer Watson

Peggy Rea

Mrs. Proctor

Woodrow Parfrey

Tobacco Executive

G

George Mann

Bishop Manley

C

Charles Pinney

Col. Galloway

M. Emmet Walsh

Art

Gloria LeRoy

The Hooker

E

Eric Boles

Dennis

Jack Grimes

TV Stage Manager

Walter Sande

Tobacco Executive

Harvey Jason

Hypnotist

R

Robert Christopher

Television Director (uncredited)

M

Murray Cline

Milkman (uncredited)

M

Michael Cornelison

Protester (uncredited)

Stan Gottlieb

Man on Operating Table (uncredited)

Ray Goulding

Walter Chronic / Paul Hardly / Arthur Lordly (uncredited)

L

Lynn Guthrie

Townsman (uncredited)

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ted Knight

Mr. Slick (uncredited)

Norman Lear

Crying Man (uncredited)

Maureen McCormick

Talking Doll (voice) (uncredited)

B

Burt Prelutsky

Tourist Asking for Directions (uncredited)

M

Mrs. Burt Prelutsky

Tourist's Wife (uncredited)

Charles White

Senator Sildge (uncredited)

J

Jerry Whittington

Wilber Scott (uncredited)

Glenn Yarbrough

Working Stiff (uncredited)

Louis Zorich

Douglas Truesdale (uncredited)

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