Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) on Netflix
Philly Flash, a homeless former ballplayer, sells stolen watches in San Francisco. Emily Laedecker, the dancer Chu Chu, performs on the waterfront, and they find stolen government documents.
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Plot summary
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day they find stolen government documents forgotten some place. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981)
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- In January 1975 Raquel Welch was announced to play Chu Chu in a joint venture of her own production company, Columbia Pictures and Monroe Sachson Productions, with Ron Talsky, then dating Welch, producing. Columbia grew nervous about Talsky and pulled out, and Welch, Sachson and writer Bob Merrill followed, leaving Talsky the only participant from the original venture on the finished film.
- Alan Arkin agreed to star only on condition that his wife, Barbara Dana, be allowed to rewrite the script, and he then spent the next seven years developing the film with Weston. Dana and Arkin's three children, Adam Arkin, Matthew Arkin and Tony Arkin, all had roles in it.
- Rolling Stone's December 1981 article "Big Bucks, Big Losers - Twenty-Four Films That Bombed in 1981" listed the film and put its production budget at $7 million, against domestic rentals of less than $100,000.
