Synopsis
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
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Cast
- Cheech MarinPedro De Pacas
- Tommy ChongAnthony 'Man' Stoner
- Strother MartinArnold Stoner
- Edie AdamsMrs. Tempest Stoner
- Harold FongChauffeur
- Richard NovoRichard
- Jane ModerJail Bait
- Pam BilleJail Bait
- Arthur RobertsArresting Officer
- Tom SkerrittStrawberry
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
Cheech & Chong's first movie is still their best. The duo wrote the genial script about the never-ending search for great pot, and a good supporting cast co-stars. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
The funniest of all the Cheech and Chong movies, UP IN SMOKE provides a feast of gags for the sympathetically minded. - 70
The New Yorker
Fairly consistently funny. - 63
Slant Magazine
That’s the trouble at the center of the benign but tepid ganja-classic Up in Smoke: Its toking Abbott-and-Costello duo are so content to simply drift away in clouds of smoke that the audience is often left behind looking for the jokes. - 60
IGN
And on this particular trek, the 70's duo find themselves in comedic situations which hit and miss in relatively equal measure. - 60
Washington Post
In a brilliant reenactment of what must be one of their definitive routines, these Furry Freak Brothers from opposite sides of town proceed to get acquainted over a joint the size of a blunderbuss muzzle. It's a new classic among comedy-team encourters: hilarious rapport at first toke. [11 Oct 1978, p.B1] - 50
Time Out London
As the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals. - 40
Variety
What’s lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization. Once the more obvious drug jokes are exhausted, director Lou Adler lets the film degenerate into a mixture of fitful slapstick and toilet humor.
