Don't Drink the Water

Dec 18, 1994

1h 31m

★ 5.5

They Couldn't Wait To Get In. Now It's Hilarious Trying To Get Out!

Overview

Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Jean Doumanian Productions

Magnolia Productions

Sweetland Films

Don't Drink the Water Trailers

Cast

Narrator

Ed Herlihy

Ambassador Magee

Josef Sommer

Mr. Burns

Robert Stanton

Mr. Kilroy

Edward Herrmann

Miss Pritchard

Rosemary Murphy

Axel Magee

Michael J. Fox

Walter Hollander

Woody Allen

Marion Hollander

Julie Kavner

Susan Hollander

Mayim Bialik

Embassy Staff

Ed Van Nuys

Embassy Staff

Skip Rose

Policeman

Leonid Citer

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