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      Don't Drink the Water

      G Released Nov 11, 1969 1h 38m Comedy List
      Reviews 37% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Walter Hollander (Jackie Gleason) is on holiday in Europe with his wife, Marion (Estelle Parsons), and their older daughter, Susan (Joan Delaney), when their plane is forced into an emergency landing in communist Vulgaria. The family holes up inside the American embassy with the help of an ambassador's son (Ted Bessell) after Vulgarian soldiers mistakenly accuse them of espionage for taking pictures like typical tourists, and are led through madcap attempts to get back home. Read More Read Less

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      DEBORAH M The joy and comedy they bring. How I miss good clean movies that make you laugh. where actors really had talent and you left the movie smiling and feeling good. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/23/23 Full Review steve d Also, don't watch the movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Don't Drink the Water was Woody Allen's first play. It had a successful run on Broadway and has enjoyed a long history in community theaters and high schools ever since. Allen didn't have much to do with this movie version, which was released in 1969; his involvement probably inspired the name of the movie Allen made that same year - Take the Money and Run. The movie version is directed with a plodding pace by Howard Morris, the brilliant comic actor whose directing work has been limited to sitcoms ever since; this was his last feature. There are a lot of fine character actors in this movie, all pretty much misused. I remember enjoying this movie when I was a kid, but I couldn't make it through this time around. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/15 Full Review Audience Member Standard vehicle for Jackie Gleason to display his obnoxious loudmouthed character. Estelle Parsons, Ted Bissell and Michael Constantine were good too. Some funny moments but too long and plot gets tiresome at some point. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member from a play by Woody Allen. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Love, love, love Woody Allen in a burqa. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The title should be Don't See The Film. Rated: C Nov 22, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Walter Hollander (Jackie Gleason) is on holiday in Europe with his wife, Marion (Estelle Parsons), and their older daughter, Susan (Joan Delaney), when their plane is forced into an emergency landing in communist Vulgaria. The family holes up inside the American embassy with the help of an ambassador's son (Ted Bessell) after Vulgarian soldiers mistakenly accuse them of espionage for taking pictures like typical tourists, and are led through madcap attempts to get back home.
      Director
      Howard Morris
      Production Co
      AVCO Embassy Pictures
      Rating
      G
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 11, 1969, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 1, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 38m