Scavenger Hunt
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| Scavenger Hunt | |
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 Scavenger Hunt film poster |
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| Directed by | Michael Schultz |
| Produced by | Melvin Simon |
| Written by | Henry Harper John Thomson Steven Vail Gerry Woolery |
| Starring | Richard Benjamin James Coco Scatman Crothers Cloris Leachman Cleavon Little |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Cinematography | Ken Lamkin |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | December 21, 1979 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Scavenger Hunt is a 1979 comedy film with a large ensemble cast, in the mold of the 1963 comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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[edit] Plot summary
An eccentric game inventor (Vincent Price) dies, stipulating in his will that the winner of an elaborate scavenger hunt will inherit his estate. The various (potential) beneficiaries form teams and each team gets involved in various misadventures along the way.
[edit] Cast
The ensemble cast includes Richard Benjamin, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Robert Morley, Tony Randall, Ruth Gordon, Scatman Crothers, Richard Mulligan and James Coco. The film was directed by Michael Schultz, and released by 20th Century Fox. It is also one of the earliest movie appearances of Arnold Schwarzenegger and has a special appearance by rock legend Meat Loaf.
[edit] Availability
The film itself was first issued onto the home video market in 1984, only on videocassette (both Beta and VHS formats), by CBS/FOX Home Video. It remained available on video until it was eventually discontinued in the mid 1990s. This movie was never issued on any videodisc format (CED or Laserdisc); and, as of early 2008, has not yet been released on DVD.
[edit] External links
- Scavenger Hunt at the Internet Movie Database
- Scavenger Hunt at Allmovie
- Scavenger Hunt at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scavenger Hunt at Box Office Mojo
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