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Don't Drink the Water is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Howard Morris released in USA on 11 november 1969 with Jackie Gleason

Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Don't Drink the Water
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Released in USA 11 november 1969
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating55% 2.753022.753022.753022.753022.75302

Don't Drink the Water is a 1969 comedy film starring Jackie Gleason and directed by Howard Morris, and based upon a 1966 play of the same name by Woody Allen. The supporting cast includes Estelle Parsons and Ted Bessell.

In 1994 Allen remade Don't Drink the Water for television, with himself in the Gleason role.

Synopsis

Walter Hollander, a caterer, is on vacation with his wife Marion and daughter Susan. While flying to Athens, their plane is hijacked to Vulgaria, behind the Iron Curtain. While waiting for the plane to be cleared to take off again, Marion insists they go outside and take a few pictures. Unfortunately they are in a restricted area so the secret police suspect them of being spies. Inspector Krojak sends a squad of soldiers with machine guns to arrest them, and the Hollanders flee to the car of the American ambassador which is parked nearby.

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