'Fletch' Always Came Naturally To Chevy Chase

Many -- including Chevy Chase himself -- would consider the title character from "Fletch" to be his signature movie role, and he told us why the character came so easily to him.

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Fletch Lives (1989)

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

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Fletch, Fletch Lives Get Special Edition Blu-rays - Solzy at the Movies

Both Fletch and Fletch Lives are now available to bring home on Blu-ray with new special edition releases from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

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A ★★★ review of Fletch Lives (1989)

While not as good as the original, and while some of its jokes are outdated, I still had a pretty good time.

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A lot of Chevy Chase's film characters share one thing in common -- they're all very much like the actor who played them. And Chase says that's especially true of the "Fletch" films.

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In 'Fletch,' Chevy Chase Starred As ... Chevy Chase

A lot of Chevy Chase's film characters share one thing in common -- they're all very much like the actor who played them. And Chase says that's especially true of the "Fletch" films.

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Fletch Lives
36.8%
Funny Farm
10.5%
Spies Like Us
47.4%
Foul Play
5.3%
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