Meet the only guy who changes his identity more often than his underwear.
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
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Character
Cool, comic, classical in form and unpretentious.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
24 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Chevy ChaseIrwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
- Tim MathesonAlan Stanwyk
- Dana Wheeler-NicholsonGail Stanwyk
- Joe Don BakerChief Jerry Karlin
- Richard LibertiniFrank Walker
- Geena DavisLarry
- M. Emmet WalshDr. Joseph Dolan
- George WendtFat Sam
- Kenneth MarsStanton Boyd
- Bill HendersonSpeaker
Crew
- Michael RitchieDirector
- Andrew BergmanScreenplay
- Gregory McDonaldNovel
- Fred SchulerDirector of Photography
- Harold FaltermeyerOriginal Music Composer
- Richard A. HarrisEditor
- Peter DouglasProducer
- Alan GreismanProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
21 Jump Street 201283% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
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A Shot in the Dark 196482% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
Confess, Fletch 202282% alikeBoth cool, comic, classical in form.
Fletch Lives 198982% alikeBoth cool, comic, classical in form.
Josie and the Pussycats 200181% alikeBoth cool, comic, classical in form.
Addams Family Values 199381% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
Trading Places 198380% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
The New Statesman 198776% alikeSeries · Both cool, comic, classical in form.
Series · Both classical in form, cool, comic.
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