Don't Drink the Water (1969 film)

Don't Drink the Water
Directed by	Howard Morris
Written by	Woody Allen R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock
Starring	Jackie Gleason Estelle Parsons Ted Bessell
Music by	Patrick Williams
Cinematography	Harvey Genkins
Editing by	Ralph Rosenblum
Release date(s)	1969
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Don't Drink the Water is a 1969 comedy film starring Jackie Gleason and directed by Howard Morris. It was based upon a 1966 play of the same name by Woody Allen, who hated this version. In 1994 he remade Water for television, with himself in the Gleason role.^[1] The supporting cast includes Estelle Parsons and Ted Bessell.

Plot

Walter Hollander, a caterer, is on vacation with his wife Marion and daughter Susan. Upon arriving in the Iron Curtain country of Vulgaria, they go for an unauthorized stroll so Walter can indulge in his hobby, photography. This leads to his being suspected as a spy by Krojack, the chief of Vulgaria's secret police.

The Hollanders take refuge in the U.S. Embassy nearby. The ambassador is away, leaving only his inept son Axel Magee to grant the Hollanders political asylum. Picketers protest outside the embassy as everyone tries to figure a way out. Walter and Marion even don a sultan's robes and attempt to sneak out with his party, but complicating matters further is that Susan has fallen in love with Axel.

Cast

Jackie Gleason ... Walter Hollander
Estelle Parsons ... Marion Hollander
Ted Bessell ... Axel Magee
Joan Delaney ... Susan Hollander
Michael Constantine ... Commissar Krojack
Howard St. John ... Ambassador Magee
Danny Meehan ... Kilroy
Richard Libertini ... Father Drobney
Pierre Olaf ... Chef
Avery Schreiber ... Sultan
Mark Gordon ... Mirik
Phil Leeds ... Sam Blackwell

The film was produced by Charles H. Joffe and Jack Rollins for Avco Embassy Pictures.

See also

Don't Drink the Water (1994 film)

References

1. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304943,00.html

External links

• Don't Drink the Water (1969) at IMDB