---
title: 'Freaky Friday (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gary Nelson'
released: '1976-12-17'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/freaky-friday-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076054/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Freaky Friday (1976)

1976 · 95 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Freaky Friday is a 1976 American fantasy comedy film directed by Gary Nelson from a screenplay by Mary Rodgers, based on her 1972 novel. The film stars Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in the lead roles. John Astin, Patsy Kelly, and Dick Van Patten are featured in supporting roles. In the film, a mother and her daughter switch their bodies, and they get a taste of each other's lives. The cause of the switch is left unexplained in this film, but occurs on Friday the 13th, when Ellen and Annabel, in different places, say about each other at the same time, "I wish I could switch places with her for just one day." Rodgers added a water skiing subplot to her screenplay.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gary Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-nelson)
- **Screenplay:** [Mary Rodgers](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-rodgers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joel Hirschhorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-hirschhorn)
- **Producer:** [Ron W. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-w-miller)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles F. Wheeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-f-wheeler)
- **Editor:** [Cotton Warburton](https://cinepixo.com/people/cotton-warburton)

## Cast

- [Iris Adrian](https://cinepixo.com/people/iris-adrian) as bus passenger
- [Al Molinaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-molinaro)
- [Marvin Kaplan](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-kaplan)
- [Sorrell Booke](https://cinepixo.com/people/sorrell-booke)
- [Sparky Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/sparky-marcus)
- [Alan Oppenheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-oppenheimer)
- [Fritz Feld](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-feld)
- [Ruth Buzzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-buzzi) as Opposing Coach
- [Jodie Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-foster)
- [Patsy Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/patsy-kelly)
- [Karen Ellen Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-ellen-smith)
- [Dick Van Patten](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-van-patten)
- [Charlene Tilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlene-tilton)
- [Barbara Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-harris)
- [John Astin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-astin)

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Official site: https://movies.disney.com/freaky-friday-1976
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/freaky-friday-1976
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