Cold Turkey (1971)

Plot Summary

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

Full Cast & Characters

Dick Van Dyke

Rev. Clayton Brooks

Pippa Scott

Natalie Brooks

Tom Poston

Mr. Stopworth

Edward Everett Horton

Hiram C. Grayson

Bob Elliott

Hugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy

Vincent Gardenia

Mayor Wappler

Barnard Hughes

Dr. Proctor

Graham Jarvis

Amos Bush

Jean Stapleton

Mrs. Wappler

Paul Benedict

Zen Buddhist

Judith Lowry

Odie Turman

Bob Newhart

Merwin Wren

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