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Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Don't Drink the Water poster
Directed by
Howard Morris
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American family on vacation in a foreign country gets into political trouble and seeks refuge in the American embassy. The embassy staff tries to help them while dealing with the family's chaotic behavior.

light-heartedcomedicchaoticfarcedatedplayfulfast-paced

What happens

Don't Drink the Water is a 1969 American comedy film starring Jackie Gleason and Estelle Parsons. It is directed by Howard Morris and based upon a 1966 play Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen. The supporting cast includes Ted Bessell and Joan Delaney. In 1994, Allen remade the story as the television film Don't Drink the Water, with himself as Walter Hollander. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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