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UHF

UHF

Movies / English

UHF1989

A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means, but not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant.

IMDb

6.9/1034.9K votes

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Metacritic

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TMDB

67%441 votes

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Released: July 21, 1989
Runtime: 1h 37m
Certificate: PG-13 (US)
Language: English
Director: Jay Levey

Comedy

Story

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Trailer

Cast

'Weird Al' Yankovic

'Weird Al' Yankovic

George Newman

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy

R.J. Fletcher

Michael Richards

Michael Richards

Stanley Spadowski

David Bowe

David Bowe

Bob

Stanley Brock

Stanley Brock

Uncle Harvey

Anthony Geary

Anthony Geary

Philo

Trinidad Silva

Trinidad Silva

Raul Hernandez

Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe

Kuni

Billy Barty

Billy Barty

Noodles

John Paragon

John Paragon

Richard Fletcher

Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher

Pamela Finklestein

Sue Ane Langdon

Sue Ane Langdon

Aunt Esther

David Proval

David Proval

Head Thug

Grant James

Grant James

Killer Thug

Victoria Jackson

Victoria Jackson

Teri

Emo Philips

Emo Philips

Joe Earley

Jay Levey

Jay Levey

Gandhi

Lou B. Washington

Lou B. Washington

Cameraman

Vance Colvig Jr.

Vance Colvig Jr.

Bum

Nik Hagler

Nik Hagler

FCC Man

Crew

Jay Levey
Director, Writer
'Weird Al' Yankovic
Writer
Gene Kirkwood
Producer
John W. Hyde
Producer
John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
David Lewis
Director of Photography
Dennis M. O'Connor
Editor

Images

User reviews

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Details

Spoken languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America
Budget: $5.0M
Box office: $6.2M

Production

Cinecorp
Orion Pictures
Imaginary Entertainment

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