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Release Date:
August 28, 1981
Original Title:
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Melvin Simon Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 92
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
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Associate Producer:
Tony Wade
Casting:
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion
Costume Design:
Bob Mackie
Ron Talsky
Director:
David Lowell Rich
Director of Photography:
Victor J. Kemper
Editor:
Argyle Nelson Jr.
Executive Producer:
Melvin Simon
First Assistant Director:
Mike Salamunovich
Hairstylist:
Dorothea Long
Key Makeup Artist:
Stephen Abrums
Makeup Artist:
Jeffrey Hamilton
Original Music Composer:
Pete Rugolo
Producer:
Jay Weston
Production Design:
Daniel A. Lomino
Production Manager:
Tony Wade
Property Master:
Kent H. Johnson
Screenplay:
Barbara Dana
Second Assistant Director:
Bradley M. Gross
Set Decoration:
Robert R. Benton
Special Effects:
Richard O. Helmer
Story:
Henry Barrow
Stunts:
Mary Peters
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