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The Barefoot Executive is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert Butler released in USA on 17 march 1971 with Joe Flynn
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 march 1971
Length 1h36
Directed by Robert Butler
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about television, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating58%
The Barefoot Executive is a live-action Walt Disney Productions film released by Buena Vista Distribution in 1971 starring Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Wally Cox, Heather North and John Ritter (in his film debut), about a pet chimpanzee, named Raffles, who can predict the popularity of television programs. It was one of the "gimmick comedies" (geared towards children with a touch of adult humour for older viewers) Disney was known for in the 1960s and 1970s, and was frequently shown on the Wonderful World of Disney in the 1980s.
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A satire of network television, the movie follows the adventures of an ambitious mailroom clerk, Steven Post (Russell) at the fictional UBC Network who discovers his girlfriend Jennifer Scott's (Heather North) pet chimpanzee has the supernatural ability to predict which television programs will receive the highest ratings, in which he blows a raspberry to shows that will bomb, or claps his hands in applause to shows that will be hits.Actors
Joe Flynn
(Francis X. Wilbanks)
Wally Cox
(Mertons)
Johnny Flynn
Heather North
(Jennifer Scott)
John Ritter
(Roger)
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