Movielogr
Americathon (1979)
Directed by Neal Israel
Overview
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Rated PG | Length 86 minutes
Actors
John Ritter | Harvey Korman | Fred Willard | Chief Dan George | Richard Schaal | Peter Riegert | Nancy Morgan | Meat Loaf | Elvis Costello | Howard Hesseman | Jay Leno | Peter Marshall | Zane Buzby | Terence McGovern | Tommy Lasorda | Jimmy Weldon | Robert Beer | Allan Arbus | George Carlin | Janie Squire | Dorothy Stratten | Geno Andrews | David Opatoshu | Nellie Bellflower | J.A. Preston | Regis Cordic | Michael Mislove | Althea Lawton | John Creamer | George Memmoli | Gary Wood | Ben Fong-Torres | John Lone | Rollin Moriyama | Mitsu Yashima | Greta Gratz | Lenard George | George Fisher | Jim Burke | David S. Cass Sr. | Fred Lerner | Mike H. McGaughy | Jamie Masada | Richard Reicheg | Joe Rizkallah | Dede Howard | Michael Collins | Sosimo Hernandez | John Welsh | Damon Bradley Raskin | Georgi Irene | Jeannine Irene | May Boss | Dom Magwili | Ron Prince | Joe Finnegan | Gene LeBell | Kurt Taylor | Doug Steckler | Valerie Danielle Perri | Darlene Joy Dirkquist | Ilona Wilson | Cynthia Zigeti | Olesley Cole | Bobby Baum | Stan Barrett | Jon Robbins | Loren Janes | Jay Ross | Teri Schwartz | Selma Archerd | Robert Starr | Neal Israel | Art Musto | Karen Hartman | Jerry Layne | Michael St. Clair | Willie Tyler | Elena Del Rubio | Milly Del Rubio | Eadie Del Rubio | Eric Lee | Carl Carlsson | Ruth Carlsson | Tony Cappola | Dick Winslow | Jerry Maren | Zelda Rubinstein | Jimmy Briscoe | Elizabeth Barrington | Harry Monty | Frank Delfino | Anita Liebert | David Beckett | Chester Hayes | Linda Montana | Skeeter Vaughan | Maurice Cook | Sophia Bibbs | Michael McLoughlin | Larry Ahlman | Merrill Hardy | Ronald J May | Freddie Spencer | Alan Peterson | Eric Boles | Robert Strom | Don Seigal | Kal Szkalak | Dennis Tinerino | Jake Steinfeld | Tom Platz | Jim Yosenchak | Tony Clark Stewart | Christopher Lowry | Richard Rossington | Fred Wilson | David Pomeranz | Lori Lieberman | Billie Barnum | Maxine Anderson | Lee Lund | Smith Wordes | Cindy DeVore | Sandy Rovetta | Eddie Verso | Edward J Helm | Marianna Pecora | Deborah Ann Rouston | Warren Lucas | Bruce Keeler | Johnny Oliver | Chris Page | Jon Wolff | John Mayhan | Pat Zicari | Carmen Fanzone | Michael Egan | Michael George | Bob Rafkin | Frank Fabio | Henry Newmark | John Carradine | Nay K. Dorsey | Al Beaudine | Alison Brown | Elizabeth Carder | Jimmy Carter | Donald Chaffin | Terry Donohue | Len Felber | Steven Hauptman | Birl Jonns | Helen Kelly | Jef Labes | Mike McCartney | Cybill Shepherd | Bob Templeton | Cynthia Windham