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    Poster of the movie Americathon [1979]
    1979     Comedy    
    1h 26min

    In 1998 the world's oil supply is exhausted. The U.S. Treasury is empty and in deep debt to a billionaire businessman who'll foreclose on the nation in 30 days. The solution: a telethon to save Uncle Sam from bankruptcy.

    Directed byNeal Israel
    Written byPhil Proctor, Peter Bergman, Neal Israel, Michael Mislove, Monica Mcgowan Johnson
    CompanyUnited ArtistsUnited ArtistsUnited Artists
    CountryGermany/USA

    Starring

    Harvey Korman
    Fred Willard
    John Ritter
    Chief Dan George
    Jay Leno
    Meat Loaf
    John Lone
    Howard Hesseman
    Peter Riegert
    Zane Buzby
    Nancy Morgan
    Richard Schaal
    Allan Arbus
    Elvis Costello
    Tommy Lasorda
    Peter Marshall
    David Opatoshu
    George Carlin
    Nellie Bellflower
    J.A. Preston
    Jimmy Weldon
    Regis Cordic
    Terence McGovern
    Michael Mislove
    Robert Beer
    Althea Lawton
    John Creamer
    George Memmoli
    Gary Wood
    Ben Fong Torres
    Rollin Moriyama
    Mitsu Yashima
    Greta Stephanie Gratz
    Lenard George
    George Fisher
    Jim Burke
    David S. Cass Sr.
    Fred Lerner
    Mike H. McGaughy
    Jamie Masada
    Richard Reicheg
    Joe Rizkallah
    Dede Howard
    Geno Andrews
    Michael Collins
    Sosimo Hernandez
    John Welsh
    Damon Bradley Raskin
    Georgi Irene
    Jeannine Irene

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