Cold Turkey (1971)

Director
Norman Lear

Main cast
Dick Van Dyke; Pippa Scott; Tom Poston; Edward Everett Horton; Bob Elliott

Genres
Comedy

Description
Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will will a huge prize.


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