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Rooster (1982)

Rooster poster
Directed by
Russ Mayberry
Genre
crime, comedy, mystery, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two colorful buddies team up for an adventure. It focuses on their comic interactions and attempts to solve a problem.

lightheartedfunnyquirkycompanionableeasygoingplayfulperiod-flavored

What happens

Rooster is a 1982 made-for-television film starring Paul Williams and Pat McCormick who were reunited after their pairing in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Rooster is an unsold television pilot written and produced by Glen A. Larson for 20th Century Fox Television and broadcast as a two-hour movie on ABC on August 19, 1982, and was rebroadcast on July 24, 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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