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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Higgins" title="Colin Higgins">Colin Higgins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Colin Higgins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_K._Milkis" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward K. Milkis">Edward K. Milkis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas L. Miller">Thomas L. Miller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_M._Walsh" title="David M. Walsh">David M. Walsh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_J._Herring" title="Pembroke J. Herring">Pembroke J. Herring</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>July 14, 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-07-14</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">116 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$5 million<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$45 million<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Foul Play</b></i> is a 1978 American <a href="/wiki/Romantic_comedy" title="Romantic comedy">romantic</a> <a href="/wiki/Neo-noir" title="Neo-noir">neo-noir</a> <a href="/wiki/Comedy_thriller" title="Comedy thriller">comedy thriller film</a> written and directed by <a href="/wiki/Colin_Higgins" title="Colin Higgins">Colin Higgins</a>, and starring <a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Roche" title="Eugene Roche">Eugene Roche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Roberts_(actress)" title="Rachel Roberts (actress)">Rachel Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Barty" title="Billy Barty">Billy Barty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Foul_Play_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foul_Play-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In it, a recently divorced librarian 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. </p><p>The film received seven <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> nominations, including <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy">Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy</a> (Hawn), <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy</a> (Chase) and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture</a> (Moore), as well as for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a>, but won none. </p><p>The film inspired a television series of <a href="/wiki/Foul_Play_(TV_series)" title="Foul Play (TV series)">the same name</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bostwick" title="Barry Bostwick">Barry Bostwick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Raffin" title="Deborah Raffin">Deborah Raffin</a> that aired on the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> network in early 1981, and was cancelled after six episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(1978_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Catholic <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishop</a> returns home, walks into a room and puts on a record. He opens his cupboard and sees the reflection of a similar looking man staring back at him. He turns around quickly and is killed by a knife thrown into his chest. </p><p>While attending a party overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a>, recent <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> divorcée and shy <a href="/wiki/Librarian" title="Librarian">librarian</a> Gloria Mundy sees Lieutenant Tony Carlson, a young police officer, at the bar, who ruins the moment by stumbling and spilling all the drinks. Gloria sits with a friend and is encouraged to open herself to new experiences. Driving home, Gloria picks up an attractive man named Bob "Scotty" Scott when she encounters him next to his broken down car. She impulsively accepts Scotty's invitation to join him at the <a href="/wiki/Nuart_Theatre" title="Nuart Theatre">Nuart Theatre</a> that evening, and before they part ways, he asks her to take his pack of cigarettes to help him curb his smoking. Unknown to her, Scotty has secreted a roll of undeveloped film in the cigarette pack. That evening, a seriously wounded Scotty meets Gloria in the theater and asks her about the film. He bleeds into her popcorn and warns her to "beware of the dwarf" before he dies. When his body mysteriously disappears while Gloria seeks help from the theater manager, she is unable to convince anyone of what has transpired. At home, she tells her elderly neighbor and landlord Mr. Hennessey of the events. </p><p>At the end of the next day, Gloria is attacked in her library by <a href="/wiki/Albino" class="mw-redirect" title="Albino">albino</a> Whitey Jackson who tries to use <a href="/wiki/Ether" title="Ether">ether</a> on her. She runs off and hides in a singles bar where she asks a stranger, Stanley Tibbets, to take her home, but Stanley, an aspiring British womanizer who assumes she wants to have sex, mixes a cocktail laced with <a href="/wiki/Cantharidin" title="Cantharidin">Spanish Fly</a> and dances while removing nearly all his clothing to a <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a> album. Shocked by his misunderstanding, Gloria flees and returns to her apartment, where she is attacked by a man with a scar who demands the cigarette pack Scotty had given her. When he attempts to strangle her with a scarf, Gloria stabs him in the stomach with a pair of knitting needles and calls the police. When the attacker tries to stop her, he is killed by a knife thrown by Whitey through the kitchen window, and Gloria faints in shock. When she awakens, all traces of what has happened have disappeared, and she cannot convince Tony, his partner Inspector "Fergie" Ferguson, or even her landlord Mr. Hennessy that she was attacked. </p><p>Gloria is abducted by Turk Farnum, the chauffeur of a limousine in which she earlier had seen Whitey riding, but she manages to subdue him with <a href="/wiki/Mace_(spray)" title="Mace (spray)">mace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brass_knuckles" title="Brass knuckles">brass knuckles</a> given to her by her friend and fellow library employee, Stella. Upon further investigation, Tony discovers that Scotty, an undercover SFPD inspector who had received a tip that a major assassination would take place in the city on a certain night, was investigating contract killer Rupert Stiltskin (alias "the Dwarf"). Now assigned to protect Gloria from her would-be killers, Tony later takes her to his houseboat, where the two fall in love. </p><p>When Tony and Fergie discover that the limousine is registered to the archdiocese of San Francisco, they visit the office of Archbishop Thorncrest, unaware that their interviewee is actually the archbishop's twin brother Charlie, who is involved in a plot to assassinate Pope Pius XIII during his upcoming visit to San Francisco, and has murdered his twin in order to impersonate him. The following day, Rupert kidnaps Fergie and uses him to lure Gloria into a trap. She manages to hide in a massage parlor, where she encounters Stanley yet again, but Whitey and Stiltskin then find and abduct her. </p><p>At Gloria's request, Stella has researched an organization known as the Tax the Churches League, and discovered that the league is a radical fringe group founded by Delia Darrow and her husband. For the Darrows, organized religion is a corrupt, greedy sham involving powerful billion-dollar corporations. Stella gives the results of her findings to Tony, who returns to the archbishop's residence with Mr. Hennessy. Sneaking into the wine cellar, Tony discovers the imprisoned Fergie, who informs him that the Darrow hired Stiltskin to assassinate the Pope during a performance of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mikado" title="The Mikado">The Mikado</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Opera House">San Francisco Opera House</a> that evening. Tony is attacked by Rupert and kills him in self-defense by toppling shelves of wine upon him, but the fake archbishop's assistant Gerda Caswell, who is really Delia Darrow, holds him and Gloria at gunpoint. </p><p>Darrow then details her "contingency plan" to eliminate the pope: if the pope is not dead at the end of act I, if he leaves his seat at any time, or if the police arrive, Whitey Jackson will open fire from one of the auditorium's two organ bays. Mr. Hennessy knocks out Charlie and defeats Delia in a duel of martial arts, after which Tony and Gloria drive to the opera house, having some unusual problems along the way such as crashing into an Italian restaurant and commandeering an airport limousine carrying a pair of Japanese tourists. After making it backstage, Gloria is grabbed by Jackson, who kills one of several security guards who have joined the pursuit. An enraged Gloria attempts to attack Jackson, who simply shoves her to the floor. This gives Tony the room he needs to shoot the albino, thus thwarting the plan to kill the pope. When the albino falls from the rafters, he gets tangled in ropes and activates a lever that lowers a stage-length display of the ship <a href="/wiki/H.M.S._Pinafore" title="H.M.S. Pinafore">H.M.S. Pinafore</a>, which is unrelated to the current production. As the performance ends, Gloria and Tony are revealed onstage along with the now-dead bodies of Jackson and the guard, but the pope, who seems not to have noticed anything unusual, leads the audience in applause for the cast, the orchestra, and Stanley, who is hiding from Gloria as the conductor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(1978_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a> as Gloria Mundy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a> as Lieutenant Tony Carlson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> as Mr. Hennessey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a> as Inspector "Fergie" Ferguson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> as Stanley Tibbets</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Roberts_(actress)" title="Rachel Roberts (actress)">Rachel Roberts</a> as Gerda Casswell/Delia Darrow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Roche" title="Eugene Roche">Eugene Roche</a> as Archbishop Thorncrest/Charlie Thorncrest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Frankfather" title="William Frankfather">William Frankfather</a> as Whitey Jackson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Lawrence" title="Marc Lawrence">Marc Lawrence</a> as Rupert Stiltskin, "The Dwarf"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Sokol" title="Marilyn Sokol">Marilyn Sokol</a> as Stella</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Barty" title="Billy Barty">Billy Barty</a> as J.J. MacKuen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Solomon" title="Bruce Solomon">Bruce Solomon</a> as Bob "Scotty" Scott</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Calfa" title="Don Calfa">Don Calfa</a> as Scarface</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Magnin" title="Cyril Magnin">Cyril Magnin</a> as Pope Pius XIII</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_McCann" title="Chuck McCann">Chuck McCann</a> as <a href="/wiki/Nuart_Theatre" title="Nuart Theatre">Nuart Theatre</a> manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jamerson" title="Thomas Jamerson">Thomas Jamerson</a> as Pish-Tush</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Bay" title="Frances Bay">Frances Bay</a> as Mrs. Russel</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(1978_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Foul Play</i> is an homage to director <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TCM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> several of whose films are referenced during the film. The premise of an innocent person becoming entangled in a web of intrigue is common in Hitchcock films, such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_39_Steps_(1935_film)" title="The 39 Steps (1935 film)">The 39 Steps</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Saboteur_(film)" title="Saboteur (film)">Saboteur</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/North_by_Northwest" title="North by Northwest">North by Northwest</a></i> and, most notably, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much_(1956_film)" title="The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)">The Man Who Knew Too Much</a></i>, which inspired the opera house sequence in <i>Foul Play</i>. When Gloria is attacked in her home by a man attempting to strangle her with a scarf and she defends herself with a household object, both are references to <i><a href="/wiki/Dial_M_for_Murder" title="Dial M for Murder">Dial M for Murder</a></i>. Other Hitchcock films which receive a nod from screenwriter/director Colin Higgins include <i><a href="/wiki/Notorious_(1946_film)" title="Notorious (1946 film)">Notorious</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(film)" title="Vertigo (film)">Vertigo</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)" title="Psycho (1960 film)">Psycho</a></i>. In addition, the plot includes a <a href="/wiki/MacGuffin" title="MacGuffin">MacGuffin</a>—an object that initially is the central focus of the film but declines in importance until it is forgotten and unexplained by the end—in the form of the roll of film concealed in the pack of cigarettes which ends up being thrown in a fire in a fireplace. Hitchcock popularized the term MacGuffin and used the technique in many of his films. </p><p>"Audiences love to be scared and at the same time they love to laugh", said Higgins. "It is tongue in cheek realism. The audience is in on the joke but the actors must carry on as if they were unaware."<sup id="cite_ref-los_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-los-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The script originally was written under the name <i>Killing Lydia</i> with Goldie Hawn in mind for the lead. Higgins had met Hawn through their mutual friend <a href="/wiki/Hal_Ashby" title="Hal Ashby">Hal Ashby</a>. However, the project did not take off. After <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> came out, Higgins rewrote the script. He and the producers took the project to Paramount who hoped to star <a href="/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett" title="Farrah Fawcett">Farrah Fawcett</a>. However, Fawcett was in the middle of a legal battle with the producers of <i>Charlie's Angels</i> so it was decided to go with Hawn.<sup id="cite_ref-los_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-los-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name Gloria Mundy is a reference to "<a href="/wiki/Sic_transit_gloria_mundi" title="Sic transit gloria mundi">Sic transit gloria mundi</a>", Latin for "Thus passes the glory of the world": the phrase was part of the rite of papal coronation until 1963. </p><p>Higgins had written the role of Stanley Tibbets for <a href="/wiki/Tim_Conway" title="Tim Conway">Tim Conway</a>, but when the actor turned it down he offered it to <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> instead. It was Moore's American film debut and led to his being cast in <i><a href="/wiki/10_(1979_film)" title="10 (1979 film)">10</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-TCM_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Higgins says when he sold the script he wanted to direct it so badly he did not care who was going to play the lead roles. He met with Fawcett to play the female lead before going with Goldie Hawn. His first choice for the male lead was <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Ford" title="Harrison Ford">Harrison Ford</a> (who had been Higgins' carpenter) who turned it down. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> was offered the role but did not end up playing it. Higgins says he offered the part to another actor who wanted to play the cop and Stanley Tibbets. Eventually Chevy Chase was cast.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was shot in and around San Francisco, in locations including <a href="/wiki/Noe_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Noe Valley">Noe Valley</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mission_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission District">Mission District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hallidie_Plaza" title="Hallidie Plaza">Hallidie Plaza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telegraph_Hill,_San_Francisco" title="Telegraph Hill, San Francisco">Telegraph Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayes_Valley,_San_Francisco" title="Hayes Valley, San Francisco">Hayes Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nob_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Nob Hill">Nob Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Heights" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Heights">Pacific Heights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Mason" title="Fort Mason">Fort Mason</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Marina_District,_San_Francisco" title="Marina District, San Francisco">Marina District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco" title="Presidio of San Francisco">Presidio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potrero_Hill" title="Potrero Hill">Potrero Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japantown,_San_Francisco" title="Japantown, San Francisco">Japantown</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Opera_House" title="War Memorial Opera House">War Memorial Opera House</a>. The lobby scenes of the opera house were filmed in the rotunda of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall" title="San Francisco City Hall">San Francisco City Hall</a> across the street. The <a href="/wiki/Nuart_Theatre" title="Nuart Theatre">Nuart Theatre</a>, in which Bob Scott dies early in the film, is an art house located on <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Boulevard" title="Santa Monica Boulevard">Santa Monica Boulevard</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Los_Angeles" title="West Los Angeles">West Los Angeles</a>. The houseboat "Galatea" was located at 15 Yellow Ferry Dock<sup id="cite_ref-Yellow_Ferry_Dock_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yellow_Ferry_Dock-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Sausalito" class="mw-redirect" title="Sausalito">Sausalito</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Ready to Take a Chance Again", the film's theme song, was composed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a>, with lyrics by Fox's writing partner <a href="/wiki/Norman_Gimbel" title="Norman Gimbel">Norman Gimbel</a> and performed by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a>, who conceived and supervised the song's recording in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dante" title="Ron Dante">Ron Dante</a>. The soundtrack also includes <a href="/wiki/Copacabana_(song)" title="Copacabana (song)">"Copacabana"</a> written by Manilow, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sussman" title="Bruce Sussman">Bruce Sussman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Feldman_(songwriter)" title="Jack Feldman (songwriter)">Jack Feldman</a>, and performed by Manilow; "<a href="/wiki/I_Feel_the_Earth_Move" title="I Feel the Earth Move">I Feel the Earth Move</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/Stayin%27_Alive" title="Stayin' Alive">Stayin' Alive</a>", written and performed by the <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a>. Excerpts from Act I of Gilbert & Sullivan's <i>The Mikado</i>, conducted by <a href="/wiki/Julius_Rudel" title="Julius Rudel">Julius Rudel</a>, are performed by members of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Opera" title="New York City Opera">New York City Opera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TCM_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a> issued the album on LP and cassette, with <a href="/wiki/Intrada_Records" title="Intrada Records">Intrada Records</a> reissuing it on compact disc in 2009. <a href="/wiki/Var%C3%A8se_Sarabande" title="Varèse Sarabande">Varèse Sarabande</a> released it in 2016, with Charles Fox's theme for <a href="/wiki/Foul_Play_(TV_series)" title="Foul Play (TV series)">the television series</a> as a bonus track.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Novelization" title="Novelization">novelization</a>, by James Cass Rogers, based upon the screenplay by Colin Higgins, was published by <a href="/wiki/Jove_Books" title="Jove Books">Jove Books</a> in conjunction with the release of the film in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(1978_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Janet_Maslin" title="Janet Maslin">Janet Maslin</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> called the film "a slick, attractive, enjoyable movie with all the earmarks of a hit. But as <i><a href="/wiki/House_Calls_(1978_film)" title="House Calls (1978 film)">House Calls</a></i> did a few months ago, it starts out promising genuine wit and originality only to fall back on more familiar tactics after a half-hour or so. If either film had a less winning opening, perhaps it wouldn't leave a vague aftertaste of disappointment. Colin Higgins...has aimed for the same kind of thriller-comedy-romance hybrid he attempted in writing <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i>, and this time he's much more successful ...Still, Mr. Higgins isn't a facile enough juggler to keep the film's diverse elements from colliding at times."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arthur D. Murphy of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> called it "an excellent film", adding "Writer Colin Higgins makes a good directorial bow. Goldie Hawn is superb in a strong return to pictures, and Chevy Chase, also above title, works well as a screen partner."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gene_Siskel" title="Gene Siskel">Gene Siskel</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> gave the film 3 stars out of 4 and called it "an attractive minor comedy, the kind of film best described as 'cute.'"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On a 1986 <i><a href="/wiki/Tonight_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonight Show">Tonight Show</a></i> appearance, Roger Ebert called the film "a very good picture."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Champlin" title="Charles Champlin">Charles Champlin</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> remarked that "<i>Foul Play</i> does offer a kind of duplex pleasure—as a celebration of the movies the way they used to make them, sleek, funny, exciting but unworrying, and in its own terms as a vividly adventurous romantic comedy."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gary Arnold of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> wrote "<i>Foul Play</i> never begins to make sense as a mystery story, and it's not incidentally amusing or stylish. At best, the film can be accepted as a harmless assortment of fake-outs and distractions, alternating in tone from innocuous to vicious, from disarming to offensive."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Out London">Time Out London</a></i> stated "Unsatisfactory as a whole, the film is hilarious and tense in bits" and noted "while writer/director Higgins uses almost every stock thriller device...he approaches this semi-parody with more zest and originality than is common."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> called the film "a finely tuned and fast-paced offering which is chock-full of black comic twists and perfect casting."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds a 74% approval rating based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The consensus summarizes: "Entertaining and charming like its charismatic leads, <i>Foul Play</i> is a rollicking homage to the master of suspense for those who prefer mysteries with gags on top."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, which uses a <a href="/wiki/Weighted_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Weighted average">weighted average</a>, assigned the film a score of 45 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(1978_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Award </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Nominee(s) </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9">1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/51st_Academy_Awards" title="51st Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Ready_to_Take_a_Chance_Again" title="Ready to Take a Chance Again">Ready to Take a Chance Again</a>" <br /> Music by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a>; <br /> Lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Gimbel" title="Norman Gimbel">Norman Gimbel</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Awards" title="Edgar Awards">Edgar Allan Poe Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners">Best Motion Picture</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Higgins" title="Colin Higgins">Colin Higgins</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/36th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="36th Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy">Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center" rowspan="7"><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay – Motion Picture</a> </td> <td>Colin Higgins </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song – Motion Picture</a> </td> <td>"Ready to Take a Chance Again" <br /> Music by Charles Fox; <br /> Lyrics by Norman Gimbel </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_New_Star_of_the_Year_%E2%80%93_Actor" title="Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor">Best Motion Picture Acting Debut – Male</a> </td> <td>Chevy Chase </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foul_Play_(1978_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.afi.com/Film/53902-FOUL-PLAY">"AFI|Catalog"</a>. <i>Catalog.afi.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i> (1974–84)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Petrocelli" title="Petrocelli">Petrocelli</a></i> (1974–76) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" title="Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a></i> (1976–83)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blansky%27s_Beauties" title="Blansky's Beauties">Blansky's Beauties</a></i> (1977) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy" title="Mork & Mindy">Mork & Mindy</a></i> (1978–82)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sweepstakes_(TV_series)" title="Sweepstakes (TV series)">$weepstake$</a></i> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Makin%27_It_(TV_series)" title="Makin' It (TV series)">Makin' It</a></i> (1979) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Angie_(TV_series)" title="Angie (TV series)">Angie</a></i> (1979–80)</span></li> <li><span 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