Fletch Lives
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| Directed by | Michael Ritchie |
| Produced by | Peter Douglas Alan Greisman |
| Written by | Gregory Mcdonald Leon Capetanos |
| Starring | Chevy Chase |
| Music by | Harold Faltermeyer |
| Cinematography | John McPherson |
| Editing by | Richard A. Harris |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  March 17, 1989 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Fletch (1985) |
| Followed by | Fletch Won |
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Fletch Lives is a 1989 comedy film starring Chevy Chase. It was directed by Michael Ritchie with a screenplay by Leon Capetanos based on the character created by Gregory Mcdonald. Fletch Lives was released by Universal Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1985 Fletch.
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[edit] Plot
Chevy Chase once again plays the reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher, who learns that he has inherited a plantation in Louisiana. Once arriving, Fletch's Aunt's lawyer is murdered, leaving Fletch to unravel the mystery.
In order to catch the real killers and clear his name, Fletch dons a series of disguises and infiltrates the congregation of television evangelist Jimmy Lee Farnsworth who wants to gain control of Fletch's land in order to build a Christian theme park.
Fletch Lives was filmed in Louisiana.
[edit] Aliases assumed by Fletch (in order of appearance)
- Peggy-Lee Zorba
- Nostradamus
- Henry Himmler
- Irwin Mahatma Fletcher
- Claude-Henry Smoot
- Peter Lemonjello
- Ed Harley
- Elmer-Fudd Gantry
- Bobby-Lee Schwartz II
[edit] Cast
- Chevy Chase as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher
- Hal Holbrook as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
- Julianne Phillips as Becky Culpepper
- R. Lee Ermey as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
- Richard Libertini as Frank Walker
- Randall "Tex" Cobb as Ben Dover
- Cleavon Little as Calculus Entropy
- George Wyner as Marvin Gillet
- Patricia Kalember as Amanda Ray Ross
- Geoffrey Lewis as Ku Klux Klan Leader
- Richard Belzer as Phil
- Phil Hartman as Bly manager
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