The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1971
Cold Turkey
Directed by
Norman Lear
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Dick Van DykeRev. Clayton Brooks
Pippa ScottNatalie Brooks
Tom PostonMr. Stopworth
Edward Everett HortonHiram C. Grayson
Bob ElliottHugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy
Vincent GardeniaMayor Wappler
Barnard HughesDr. Proctor
Graham JarvisAmos Bush
Jean StapletonMrs. Wappler
Paul BenedictZen Buddhist
Judith LowryOdie Turman
Bob NewhartMerwin Wren
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Hubert H. HumphreySelf (archive footage)
Pat NixonSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Spiro AgnewSelf (archive footage)
Barbara CasonLetitia Hornsby
Sudie BondCissy
Helen Page CampMrs. Watson
Simon ScottMr. Kandiss
Raymond KarkHomer Watson
Peggy ReaMrs. Proctor
Woodrow ParfreyTobacco Executive
George MannBishop Manley
Charles PinneyCol. Galloway
M. Emmet WalshArt
Gloria LeRoyThe Hooker
Eric BolesDennis
Jack GrimesTV Stage Manager
Walter SandeTobacco Executive
Harvey JasonHypnotist
Robert ChristopherTelevision Director (uncredited)
Murray ClineMilkman (uncredited)
Michael CornelisonProtester (uncredited)
Stan GottliebMan on Operating Table (uncredited)
Ray GouldingWalter Chronic / Paul Hardly / Arthur Lordly (uncredited)
Lynn GuthrieTownsman (uncredited)
Ted KnightMr. Slick (uncredited)
Norman LearCrying Man (uncredited)
Maureen McCormickTalking Doll (voice) (uncredited)
Burt PrelutskyTourist Asking for Directions (uncredited)
Mrs. Burt PrelutskyTourist's Wife (uncredited)
Charles WhiteSenator Sildge (uncredited)
Jerry WhittingtonWilber Scott (uncredited)
Glenn YarbroughWorking Stiff (uncredited)
Louis ZorichDouglas Truesdale (uncredited)
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