Directed by Thomas K. Avildsen   Written by Cheech Marin   Tommy Chong   Cast Toni Attell ... Cocktail Waitress Mike Bacarella ... Cop in Laundromat Billy Beck ... Pop, Manager Red Wagon Adult Motel Don Bovingloh ... Maitre D' Richard 'Moon' Calhoun ... Drummer Tommy Chong ... Chong / Prince Habib Jennifer Condos ... Bass Player John Corrona ... St. Louis Biker Dave Coulier ... Man with Tongue in Restaurant (as David Couwlier) Shelby Chong ... French Girl #1 (as Shelby Fiddis) Aaron Freeman ... Cop in Ghetto Mike Friedman ... Car Rental Agent Evelyn Guerrero ... Donna, Cheech's Friend smuggling illegals Maya Harman ... Belly Dancer Vanaghan S. Housepian ... Henchman Lance Kinsey ... Plastic Surgeon Janice Ladik ... Mom in Laundromat Jay Lawson ... Gas Station Attendant Cheech Marin ... Cheech / Mr. Slyman / Narrator (as Richard 'Cheech' Marin) Rikki Marin ... French Girl #2 Senta Moses ... Kid in Laundromat (as Senta Moses) Dorothy Neumann ... Mom John Paragon ... Red Carpet Man #1 Shabazz Perez ... Man with Toupe Gregory Polcyn ... Busboy Ben Powers ... The Pimp Ernest Rayford ... Mekka Car Wash Attendant #1 (as Ernest Rayford III) John Steadman ... Old Timer Rip Taylor ... Self John Tisdale ... Mekka Car Wash Attendant #2 George Wallace ... The Champ Ruby Wax ... Restaurant Patron Sandy Weintraub ... Red Carpet Man #2 Diana Wild ... Cocktail Waitress Farouk A. Zurond ... Chauffeur Uncredited Cast Jeff Coopwood ... Club Patron Garth Shaw ... Tourist Produced by Howard Brown   Shelby Chong   Deborah Mannis   Original Music by Gaye Delorme

Additional Info Premiere: April 09, 1982 Theatrical Release: August 04, 1982 DVD Release: June 12, 2001 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies C & C Brown Production Columbia Pictures Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1982) (USA) (theatrical) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,335 / 21,075 Site Ranking #6,331 The Pact II (2014) #6,332 Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020) #6,333 The Wrecking Crew (1968) #6,334 Gutterballs (2008) #6,335 Things Are Tough All Over (1982) #6,337 Cabrini (2024) #6,338 Starfish (2018) #6,339 Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022) #6,340 Bonehill Road (2017)