Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Cast
Chevy Chase
Andy Farmer
Madolyn Smith Osborne
Elizabeth Farmer
Kevin O'Morrison
Sheriff Ledbetter
Joseph Maher
Michael Sinclair
Jack Gilpin
Bud Culbertson
Caris Corfman
Betsy Culbertson
William Severs
Newspaper Editor
Mike Starr
Crocker
Glenn Plummer
Mickey
William Duell
Old Character
Helen Lloyd Breed
Old Operator
Kit Le Fever
Young Operator (as Kit Le Fevre)
Dakin Matthews
Marion Corey Jr.
William Newman
Gus Lotterhand
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Ethel Dinges
Kevin Conway
Crum Petree (uncredited)
Bill Fagerbakke
Lon Criterion
Nicholas Wyman
Dirk Criterion
Brad Sullivan
Brock
Nesbitt Blaisdell
Hank
George Buck
Peterbrook
Audrie Neenan
Ivy (as Audrie J. Neenan)
MacIntyre Dixon
Mayor Barclay
Raynor Scheine
Oates
Peter Boyden
Reporter
Reg E. Cathey
Reporter
Dan Desmond
Reporter
Don Plumley
Reporter
Brett Miller
Teenager
Jamie Meyer
Teenager
David Woodberry
Ike
Kevin Murphy
Ewell
Dennis Barr
First Base Coach
Barbara Baker
Woman in Stands
David Williams
Marcus
Steve Jonas
Driving Instructor
Russell Bletzer
Councilman
Evelyn McLean
Caroler
Steven John
Caroler
Judson Duncan
Caroler
Alison Hannas
Caroler
Robert Ingram
Caroler
Mary Johnson
Caroler
Kristin Kellom
Caroler
Paul Link
Caroler
Crew
George Roy Hill
Director
Jeffrey Boam
Screenplay
Jay Cronley
Novel
Alan Heim
Editor
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Jim Van Wyck
First Assistant Director
Robert E. Warner
First Assistant Director
Princess O'Mahoney
Second Assistant Director
Liz Ryan
Second Assistant Director
Michael Rapley
Second Second Assistant Director
Bruce Bodner
Executive Producer
Patrick Kelley
Executive Producer
Robert Crawford Jr.
Producer
Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
Lee Harman
Makeup Artist
Craig Lyman
Makeup Artist
Michael D. Moore
Second Unit Director
Henry Larrecq
Assistant Art Director
Deborah Dawson
ADR Editor
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Judy Cammer
Set Designer
Robert DePatis
Construction Coordinator
Lisa Dalton
Stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Stunts
Cliff Cudney
Stunts
Don Picard
Stunts
George Robotham
Stunts
John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin
Stunts
John Robotham
Stunts
Michael Ross
Property Master
Mike Cunningham
Assistant Property Master
George Goodman
Unit Production Manager
Lee Haas
Unit Production Manager
Gerard Cubero
Leadman
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