Factual error: In the culminating scene where Fletch is held at gun point and escapes by turning on the gas valve in the fireplace and then igniting the vapors into a ball of flame, he actually turns the valve into the off position (valve is perpendicular to the pipe). (01:32:00)
Fletch (1985)
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Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
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8.7/10.Possibly Chevy Chase's best movie.The character of Fletch just has this likable charm to him.He's a smart butt yes but the guy makes you laugh.If anything, I enjoy watching this as Chase really pours all his energy into the role.The plot's solid, drugs becoming a major issue in the 80's is a good idea for a movie.I do find it ironic that here a newspaper reporter actually cares about the truth since they stopped caring decades ago.It's just a fun little romp with smart writing, good comedic timing, and good acting mainly from Chevy Chase.
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Suggested correction: The valve was in closed position (perpendicular). He opened the valve (turned parallel to pipe).
Gail Stanwyk: I didn't know you knew the Underhills.
Fletch: Yeah, well, I saved his life during the war.
Gail Stanwyk: You were in the war?
Fletch: No, he was. I got him out.
Trivia: Alan Stanwyck's mansion is the same house used in the 1972 movie "The Godfather", when Jack Woltz finds the horse head in his bed.
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