Fletch

(1985)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 796 votes

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Year: 1985

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Майкл Ритчи

Cast: Чеви Чейз, Тим Мэтисон, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Джо Дон Бейкер, Ричард Либертини, Джина Дэвис, М. Эммет Уолш, Джордж Уэндт, Кеннет Марс, Билл Хендерсон

Plot

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun, so that his wife will get the insurance money. What the guy didn't think of was Fletch's real profession. Returning into normal life, Fletch instantly takes up research not only to find out that Mr. Stanwyk is healthy as life itself but he also runs into certain connections between drug dealing at the beach, Alan Stanwyk, his private jet, the police and a very expensive piece of Land in Utah.