this film be a sequel film to a good comedy represent foul play which be make in 1976 and co star chevy chase and goldie hawn . in that one the former be a police officer who be try to protect the pope on a visit to san francisco and and the latter be an innocent by stander who stumble into the detail of an assassination plot . the story work with the assistance of dudley moore a a befuddled not so innocent third party who get drag into the proceeding by hawn and eugene roche a a conspirator and billy barty a an accidental victim of hawn fear and hysteria and and burgess meredith and rachel robert have an unexpected classic judo face off . oh and all to the conclude music from act i of gilbert and sullivan the mikado . seem like old time be a remake of sort of the 1942 film the talk of the town . that film dealt with cary grant a a fugitive be hide in a house by jean arthur and while jurist ronald colman ( just nominate for the u. s. supreme court ) be rent the same house from arthur . here chase be the fugitive and hiding in the garage of his first wife hawn and unbeknown st to her second husband charles grodin ( who be be consider for the post of attorney general of california . the screenplay be by neil simon this time and and there be good support role by robert guillaume and george grizzard and and harold gould ( a an increasingly annoyed local judge ) . however and talk of the town be deal with a man accuse of an arson murder due to his labor union activity . grant be an activist in that film . chase come across a something of a schmuck here he be force at gunpoint to assist two men in a bank robbery and be set up to deliver the note to the teller and get his face photograph too well by the bank camera and and be then toss out of the speeding car on a hillside by the two felon . the audience know chase be innocent and and gradually hawn and grondin and guillaume realize it too . but it seem that chase have a similar bad experience in mexico regard be frame for a drug deal and have spend some time in prison a a result there . he seem to be an unlucky sort . the weakness of chase character aside and seem like old time be funny and and understandably so it have a neil simon script . in fact and aside from the one liner that pepper it and there be moment in it that remind me of other film and play simon have write . in some late moment of intimacy between hawn and chase i felt that some of chase description of hawn little idiosyncrasy actually could have be dialog leave over from barefoot in the park and from scene between robert redford and jane fonda . and the unwelcome intrusion of chase into an organize household resemble the situation in the odd couple and the sunshine boy and where oscar have to make room for felix and and willie clark have to reunite with al lewis . there be plenty of amuse section represent chase fight back fear and hysteria when he be with the kidnap bank robber ( when he compliment the wording of the bank rob note and the robber who write it thank him ) while hawn fight for the underdog legal practice and which result in her have a grow number of client she be help to get honest employment for even in her own household while gould judge try to get to the point of the ridiculous argument and fact pattern that first hawn and later grodin put into his court while grizzard governor look forward to dinner with his future attorney general and and his favorite dish and only to find the state number one criminal be serve it to him . all in all it be an entertaining film . but it be not a concentrate and unify a script a foul play be . you will enjoy the film and but foul play be somewhat more memorable .