---
title: 'Foul Play (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Colin Higgins'
released: '1978-06-14'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/foul-play-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077578/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Foul Play (1978)

1978 · 116 min · Comedy, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Foul Play is a 1978 American romantic neo-noir comedy thriller film written and directed by Colin Higgins, and starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Eugene Roche, Rachel Roberts, Brian Dennehy and Billy Barty. The plot concerns a recently divorced librarian who is drawn into a mystery when a stranger hides a roll of film in a pack of cigarettes and gives it to her for safekeeping.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Colin Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-higgins)
- **Screenplay:** [Colin Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-higgins)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-fox)
- **Director of Photography:** [David M. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-m-walsh)
- **Editor:** [Pembroke J. Herring](https://cinepixo.com/people/pembroke-j-herring)

## Cast

- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence)
- [Frances Bay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-bay)
- [Goldie Hawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/goldie-hawn)
- [Hope Summers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-summers)
- [Lou Cutell](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-cutell)
- [Cooper Huckabee](https://cinepixo.com/people/cooper-huckabee)
- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)
- [Billy Barty](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-barty)
- [Brian Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-dennehy)
- [William Frankfather](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-frankfather)
- [Garry Goodrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-goodrow)
- [Connie Sawyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/connie-sawyer)
- [Don Calfa](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-calfa)
- [Dudley Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-moore)
- [Rachel Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-roberts)

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