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Cold Turkey

Movie·1971·Comedy·1h 39m·Directed by Norman Lear

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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.

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Dick Van DykeDick Van DykeRev. Clayton BrooksPippa ScottPippa ScottNatalie BrooksTom PostonTom PostonMr. StopworthEdward Everett HortonEdward Everett HortonHiram C. GraysonBob ElliottBob ElliottHugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van AndyVincent GardeniaVincent GardeniaMayor WapplerBarnard HughesBarnard HughesDr. ProctorGraham JarvisGraham JarvisAmos Bush

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