Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Lowell Rich
Produced by	Jay Weston
Screenplay by	Barbara Dana
Story by	Henry Barrow
Starring	Alan Arkin Carol Burnett Jack Warden Ruth Buzzi Adam Arkin Danny Aiello Danny Glover Sid Haig Vincent Schiavelli Vito Scotti Lou Jacobi Barbara Dana Scott Beach Geoff Hoyle Morgan Upton
Music by	Pete Rugolo
Cinematography	Victor J. Kemper
Edited by	Argyle Nelson
Production company	Melvin Simon Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	August 28, 1981
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash is a 1981 comedy film starring Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Ruth Buzzi, Adam Arkin and Danny Aiello. It was released in 1981 by 20th Century Fox. Arkin plays a down-on-his-luck former baseball player and Burnett plays a Carmen Miranda-style performer. The film had received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb. The film was directed by David Lowell Rich.

Many of the scenes, particularly the exterior scenes of Chu Chu's home, were filmed in San Francisco's Potrero Hill district.

Once a big-league baseball player known as the Philly Flash, he is now broke and a drunk, reduced to a life on the street, washing car windshields for spare change or trying to sell stolen wristwatches to passersby.

Emily, in her alter ego as "Chu Chu," is a street performer and one-woman band. She gives music lessons in her small apartment, but isn't successful at it.

One day, a man drops his briefcase and Chu Chu retrieves it. She and the Flash discover it is filled with government documents, so they scheme to return it to its rightful owner but only if they can get $50 for their trouble, maybe even more. They get trouble, all right, with a variety of agents coming after them to get the documents back.