Main Cast: Donald Sutherland, Susan Anspach, Howie Mandel, Sterling Hayden, Sandee Currie
Release Year: 1981
Country: CA
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
When the money-hungry Duke Stuyvesant (Sterling Hayden) orchestrates a phony gas shortage, chaos ensues in a small Midwestern town. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Peter Aykroyd - Ed Marshall; Keith Knight - Ira; Helen Shaver - Rhonda; Alf Humphreys - Lou Picard; Philip Akin - Lincoln Jones; Michael Hogan - Guido Vespucci; Dustin Waln - Earl Stuyvesant; Tony Angelo; Walker Boone; Harvey Chao - Lee Kwan; Richard Donat - Fred; Arthur Grosser - Lester; Paul Kelman - Nino Vespucci; Carl Marotte - Bobby; Walter Massey - Maj. Bright; Tony Nardi; Vlasta Vrana - Baron Stuyvesant; Barry Edward Blake; Mac Bradden - Announcer; Terry Haig - Reporter; Steve Michaels; Domenico Fiore; Malcolm Nelthorpe; George Wilson
Credit
Gaudeline Soriol - Costume Designer, John Fretz - First Assistant Director, Les Rose - Director, Patrick Dodd - Editor, Paul Zaza - Composer (Music Score), Carol Spier - Production Designer, René Verzier - Cinematographer, Pierre David - Producer, Claude Heroux - Producer, Victor Solnicki - Producer, Patrick Rousseau - Sound/Sound Designer, M. James Arnett - Stunts, Dick Wolf - Screenwriter, Richard Wolf - Screenwriter, Susan Scranton - Short Story Author
A small Midwestern town is thrown into chaos when the local oil tycoon (Sterling Hayden) orchestrates a phony oil shortage in order to increase profits. A news reporter (Susan Anspach) tries to uncover the plot, and a radio DJ in a helicopter (Donald Sutherland) reports on the craziness caused by the gasoline shortage.
