Movie
UHF
Overview
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-07-21
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cinecorp, Orion Pictures, Imaginary Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 'Weird Al' Yankovic as George Newman
- Kevin McCarthy as R.J. Fletcher
- Michael Richards as Stanley Spadowski
- David Bowe as Bob
- Stanley Brock as Harvey Bilchik
- Anthony Geary as Philo
- Trinidad Silva as Raul Hernandez
- Gedde Watanabe as Kuni
- Billy Barty as Noodles MacIntosh
- John Paragon as Richard Fletcher
- Fran Drescher as Pamela Finklestein
- Sue Ane Langdon as Esther Bilchik
Crew
- Jay Levey - Director
- 'Weird Al' Yankovic - Writer
- Jay Levey - Writer
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