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5.9

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

R·1980·99m

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Summary

Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.

Cast

Cheech Marin

Cheech

Tommy Chong

Chong

Evelyn Guerrero

Donna

Betty Kennedy

Candy

Sy Kramer

Mr. Neatnik

Rikki Marin

Gloria

Peter Bromilow

Gay Motorcyclist

Paul 'Mousie' Garner

Executive

Jonathan T. Moore

Music Store Salesman

Lupe Ontiveros

Old Lady

Ed Peck

Cop Shotgun

Marguerite Ray

Miss Hatchet

John Steadman

Drunk in Welfare Office

Jake Steinfeld

Womba

Robert Ackerman

Gas Station Owner

Lita Aubry

Welfare Child

Jonnie Barnett

Cop Driver

Shelby Chong

Beautiful

Carolyn Conwell

Swedish Maid

Don Davis

One Man Band

Margarita Garcia

Cook

Mark H. Gilman

Welfare Actor

Kim Hopkins

Wardrobe Girl

Robert Linder

Wino

Susan Mechsner

Leaflet Lady

Frank Picard

Guard at Gate

Ben Powers

Welfare Black

Michael Winslow

Welfare Comedian

Malcolm Drummon

Welfare Recipient

Natividad Vacío

Mexican Man in Welfare Office

Tony Viscarra

Junkie in Welfare Office

Marcus Chong

Johnny

Bobby A

Doorman

Alvin Childress

Pinochle Player

DeForest Covan

Pinochle Player

Missy Cleveland

Massage Girl

Gay Guldstrand

Massage Girl

Nan Mason

Massage Girl

Christine A. McKee

Massage Girl

Brandy Roe

Massage Girl

Victoria Wells

Massage Girl

John Petlock

Client

Dan Caldwell

Client

Rita Wilson

Hostage

Peter Griffin

Cop at Hotel

Tim Culbertson

Cop at Hotel

Charles D. Laird

Cop at Hotel

Bob Laird

Cop at Hotel

Paul E. Lewis

Cop at Hotel

Carl Weintraub

Cop at Hotel

Faith Minton

Lady Bouncer

Ruben Guevara

Startled Man

Bob McClurg

Chicken Charlie (Groundling)

Edie McClurg

Gloria's Mom (Groundling)

Paul Reubens

Pee Wee Herman / Desk Clerk (Groundling)

Dick Frattali

First Assistant Director (Groundling)

Gary Austin

Second Assistant Director (Groundling)

Tracy Newman

Third Assistant Director (Groundling)

Don Bovingloh

Man in Hotel (Groundling)

Phyllis Katz

Woman in Hotel (Groundling)

Doug Cox

Cameraman (Groundling)

Bob Drew

Massage Parlor Owner (Groundling)

Phil Hartman

Chick Hazard Private Eye (Groundling)

John Paragon

Director (Groundling)

Catherine Bergstrom

Hostage (Groundling)

Cassandra Peterson

Hostage (Groundling)

Steven Kavner

El Pachuco (Groundling)

Tim Silva

Standup Comic (Groundling)

Crew

Director, Writer

Tommy Chong

Writer

Cheech Marin

Reviews

FilipeManuelNeto

September 12, 2023

**If Up in Smoke was very bad, this film managed to be even worse.**

I didn't like “Up in Smoke” and there was little chance of me liking anything in the film that followed. In fact, the first one seems to be even better than this one, which from me is saying a lot, considering that I thought the first film was very bad.

In this production, which I hated, we still had a relatively capable story that helped to understand things, and that served as a framework for a ton of jokes and the constant glorification of drug use, especially marijuana. In this film there is no story to tell: we have the jokes, which are even more idiotic, the kind that don't make us laugh but think “how was this possible”, and we continue, invariably, to have drugs, in quantities that would make the Colombian cartels richer than most countries in the world.

I don't know what Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong saw to make cycles of films in which the use of recreational drugs is glorified as if they were gifts from the Olympic gods. If only they were able to make you laugh... but not even that. It's a film that should suffer the same fate as the drugs themselves: being burned.