Movie

Cold Turkey

Released: February 19, 1971 (1971)

Runtime: 99 minutes

Genres: Comedy

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Edward Everett Horton as Hiram C. Grayson
Age at release: 84
Barnard Hughes as Dr. Proctor
Age at release: 55
Vincent Gardenia as Mayor Wappler
Age at release: 51
Tom Poston as Mr. Stopworth
Age at release: 49
Jean Stapleton as Mrs. Wappler
Age at release: 48
Bob Elliott as Hugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy
Age at release: 47
Dick Van Dyke as Rev. Clayton Brooks
Age at release: 45
Graham Jarvis as Amos Bush
Age at release: 40
Pippa Scott as Natalie Brooks
Age at release: 35
Paul Benedict as Zen Buddhist
Age at release: 32

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Judith Lowry as Odie Turman
Age at release: 80
George Mann as Bishop Manley
Age at release: 65
Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 60
Hubert H. Humphrey as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 59
Pat Nixon as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 58
Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 58
Spiro Agnew as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 52
Simon Scott as Mr. Kandiss
Age at release: 50
Peggy Rea as Mrs. Proctor
Age at release: 49
Woodrow Parfrey as Tobacco Executive
Age at release: 48
Gloria LeRoy as The Hooker
Age at release: 45
Jack Grimes as TV Stage Manager
Age at release: 44
Barbara Cason as Letitia Hornsby
Age at release: 42
Sudie Bond as Cissy
Age at release: 42
Bob Newhart as Merwin Wren
Age at release: 41
Helen Page Camp as Mrs. Watson
Age at release: 40
M. Emmet Walsh as Art
Age at release: 35
Raymond Kark as Homer Watson
Age at release: Unknown
Charles Pinney as Col. Galloway
Age at release: Unknown
Eric Boles as Dennis
Age at release: Unknown