Under the Rainbow (1981)

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In this comedy, a hotel becomes a chaotic place during the 1938 filming of The Wizard of Oz, when it is inundated with groups of midgets, secret agents, and Nazi and Japanese spies. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Steve Rash
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 31, 1981 Wide

Critic Reviews

, TIME Magazine
This movie is in desperate need of an ace farceur like Preston Sturges.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Mr. Rash has earnestness and a touch of eccentricity, but he doesn't have the lighthearted wit to keep this kind of comedy working.
Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
I maintain that, while it may be a failure, it's an ambitious failure.
, Film4
A peculiar career choice for Fisher.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Whose idea was this anyway?

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Lucas M

Under the Rainbow, have a interesting plot, but the screenplay is not creative and the humor is too silly.
Dean M

While this comedy is not quite jam-packed with laughs, it certainly keeps your interest. Set in 1938, the impossible story centres around the making of <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, assassination attempts on a duke and duchess, the nefarious doings of Nazi and Japanese spies… More
While this comedy is not quite jam-packed with laughs, it certainly keeps your interest. Set in 1938, the impossible story centres around the making of <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, assassination attempts on a duke and duchess, the nefarious doings of Nazi and Japanese spies prior to World War II, and the life span of a dog named Streudel.
Anthony V

Terrible and unfunny.

Cast

            Chevy Chase as Bruce Thorpe

            Carrie Fisher as Annie Clark

            Billy Barty as Otto Kriegling

            Eve Arden as Duchess

            Joseph Maher as Duke

            Robert Donner as Assassin

            Mako as Nakamuri

            Cork Hubbert as Rollo Sweet

            Pat McCormick as Tiny

            Adam Arkin as Henry Hudson

            Leonard Barr as Pops

            Jim Boeke as Whittler

            Ruth Brown as Cleaning Lady

            Twink Caplan as Cigarette Girl

            Michael Lee Gogin as Fitzgerald

            Gordon Anthony Davis as Inspector

            David Haney as Dispatcher

            Peter Isacksen as Homer

            Freeman King as Otis

            Jack Kruschen as Louie

            Patty Maloney as Rosie

            Louisa Moritz as Operator

            Bennett Ohta as Akido

            Bob Porter as Ventriloquist

            Zelda Rubinstein as Iris

            Richard Stahl as Lester Hudson

            John F. Goff as Bartender

            Peter W. Wooley as Studio Lot Director

            Gary Friedkin as Wedgie

            Art Hern as Studio Guard

            Charlie Messenger as Hitler's Aide

            Bill Lytle as Clerk

            Ted Lehmann as Adolf Hitler
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