OVERBOARD : Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell dazzle the screen
In this buoyant screwball comedy of memory-making and memory-faking. One of Hollywood's most dynamic screen pairs, Hawn and Russell make the most of every hilarious situation in this delightful riches to-rags romance that's perfect entertainment for anyone who appreciates a great practical joke.
Hawn is Joanna Stayton, the pampered wife of a pretentious,
Yacht-owning socialite. When their boat gets stuck for repairs,
Joanna employs carpenter Dean Proffitt (Russell) to improve her closet space. But when Dean asks to be
Paid, he's blatantly turned down by the "nothing is ever good enough for me" Joanna. So when Joanna falls overboard
And gets a bad case of amnesia
Takes advantage of the situation and, in a stroke of retributive genius, tells her that she's his wife and the mother Of his four unruly children!
FOUL PLAY : whispers the hitchhiker to the beautiful librarian (Goldie Hawn) as he
dies midway through a screening of This Can Is Me. Suddenly Hawn
is propelled into a world of wild chases, bizarre attempts on her life,
and deadly encounters with an assortment of weird underworld
characters. Academy Award's* winner Hawn teams with Chevy Chase
(in his first starring motion picture assignment) -and with
hilarious results. Chase plays the handsome San Francisco detective
who becomes personally and professionally involved with all the odd
things happening to Hawn. Co-starring a pre-Arthur Dudley Moore
in one of his most delightful comic turns. 1969, Best Supporting Actress, Cactus Flower
