• Fletch rolls- the fantastic score helps, the quick-paced editing (entire thing 100 minutes) Chevy’s Fletch gets a proposition to murder someone for $1000 under the name Ted Nugent in 7 minutes- haha
  • Great sardonic noir-like voice over narration
  • Chase’s trademark smugness— “you’ve got the wrong gal”—He’s firing away—Dana Wheeler Nicholson (adorable) says “are you always this forward?” and he says “only with wet married women” when she answers the door in a robe
  • Geena Davis, Emmett Walsh, Joe Don Baker
  • The film could also be summarized as a Peter Sellers master of disguise film meets Chinatown (very LA)
  • The narrative and mystery is compelling—the insurance guy named “Stanwyck” (nod to Wilder’s masterpiece noir Double Indemnity
  • Harold Faltermeyer’s score is unreal—not sure it’s in the archives without it—such a great breezy riff—adds to the film an incalculable amount
  • Like with many comedies or horror films—make it a good movie then add the humor/horror element- it works it- this is as a regular film and then you add Chevy Chase jumping off the top rope with the voice over and dry delivery
  • Recommend