Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Gong Show Movie

The Gong Show Movie

The Gong Show that was gonged by the censor.

Genres

Comedy

OverView

A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

3.5/10

Release Date

23 May 1980

Country

United States of America

Cast

Chuck Barris

Chuck Barris

Himself

Robin Altman

Robin Altman

Red

Mabel King

Mabel King

Mabel

Steve Garvey

Steve Garvey

Himself

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr

Himself

Rip Taylor

Rip Taylor

Raoul the Maitre D'

Rosey Grier

Rosey Grier

Himself

Tony Randall

Tony Randall

Performer in Tuxedo

Murray Langston

Murray Langston

The Unknown Comic

Patrick Cranshaw

Patrick Cranshaw

Man Dying in Elevator

David Sheiner

David Sheiner

Dr. Jerry Queasley

Phillip Simms

Phillip Simms

Vito

Vincent Schiavelli

Vincent Schiavelli

Mario Romani

Pat McCormick

Pat McCormick

Himself

Jaye P. Morgan

Jaye P. Morgan

Herself

Gene Patton

Gene Patton

Gene Gene The Dancing Machine

Augie Tribach

Augie Tribach

Hank

Cloyce Morrow

Cloyce Morrow

Dr. Betsy Nolan

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman

Man at Airport with Gun

Kitten Natividad

Kitten Natividad

Performer

Taylor Negron

Taylor Negron

Blond-Haired Man Auditioning

William Tregoe

William Tregoe

Winking Man

James Winburn

James Winburn

Man in Cast

Cathleen Cordell

Cathleen Cordell

Lady in Elevator

Nora Denney

Nora Denney

Tourist

Brian O'Mullin

Brian O'Mullin

Bum

Jack Bernardi

Jack Bernardi

Violin Player (Elderly Man)

Lillie Shelton

Lillie Shelton

Mabel's Mom

James B. Douglas

James B. Douglas

Buddy Didlo

Harvey Lembeck

Harvey Lembeck

Man in Steam Room

Ed Marinaro

Ed Marinaro

Man in Locker Room

Bella Bruck

Bella Bruck

Nurse #1

Starr Hester

Starr Hester

Nurse #2

Mae E. Campbell

Mae E. Campbell

Nurse in Lounge

Kate Howard

Kate Howard

Nurse in Lounge

Milton Delugg

Milton Delugg

The Hollywood Cowboys

Mark Z. Stevens

Mark Z. Stevens

The Hollywood Cowboys

Ray Neapolitan

Ray Neapolitan

The Hollywood Cowboys

Bill Neale

Bill Neale

The Hollywood Cowboys

Norman Blankenship

Norman Blankenship

Man Beating Woman

Donna Garrett

Donna Garrett

Woman Being Beaten

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Herself

Gary Mule Deer

Gary Mule Deer

Himself

Ron Carr

Ron Carr

Stranger in Men's Room

The Bait Brothers

The Bait Brothers

Themselves

Della Barris

Della Barris

Herself

Bill Bridges

Bill Bridges

Himself

Rod Haase

Rod Haase

Wally

John Monks Jr.

John Monks Jr.

Tourist Man

Cynthia Szigeti

Cynthia Szigeti

Diner Doll Sophie

Suzanne Kent

Suzanne Kent

Diner Doll Myrtle

Betsy Lynn Thompson

Betsy Lynn Thompson

The Siamese Connection

Carol Gwynn Thompson

Carol Gwynn Thompson

The Siamese Connection

Barry Cutler

Barry Cutler

Monsieur La Poof

H.B. Haggerty

H.B. Haggerty

Himself (Archive Footage)

Lennon

Lennon

Meesta Lee

Trixie Dejonge

Trixie Dejonge

Herself

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Performer

John Dorsey

John Dorsey

Concert Pianist Act (Archive Footage)

Bobby Findley

Bobby Findley

Gong Show Band (Archive Footage)

Dana Glover

Dana Glover

Band Member

Joe Howard

Joe Howard

Gong Show Band (Archive Footage)

Lanny Morgan

Lanny Morgan

Gong Show Band (Archive Footage)

Steve Nave

Steve Nave

Celebrity Impressionist

Nicki Rae

Nicki Rae

Majorette

Larry Spencer

Larry Spencer

Larry

Manuel Stevens

Manuel Stevens

Gong Show Band (Archive Footage)

Walter Wonderman

Walter Wonderman

Himself

Similar Movies

8.4

Life Is Beautiful

December 1997 •Italian

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

7.0

M*A*S*H

February 1970 •English

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

0.0

Martabat: Misi Berdarah

June 2025 •Malay

A quirky group of extras determined to do anything to become famous actors or getting a bigger role in Malaysia.

8.0

Santa Secreto

January 2025 •Spanish

7.3

Heathers

October 1988 •English

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

6.4

I Love You to Death

April 1990 •English

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.

6.3

Bandits

October 2001 •English

After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated when they meet Kate, who runs into them with her car. She joins the bandits on their cross-country spree, and eventually she steals something, too: their hearts.

7.5

Jigarthanda

August 2014 •Tamil

A budding director endeavors to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But his secret attempts to conduct the research fail when he gets caught for snooping.

5.8

Black Sheep

September 2006 •English

After a childhood prank by his brother Angus causes Henry to develop a phobia of sheep, he must step up to the onslaught of a genetically-mutated man-eating flock with the help of his friend and a young environmentalist.

0.0

Bune

Invalid date •English

David Bunevacz, a charismatic conman intoxicated with the American Dream. Bune builds a lavish lifestyle for his family through California’s newly legalized cannabis industry, only to see his multi-million-dollar empire crumble under the weight of excess, moral corruption, and investigation, revealing that the biggest con of all is the American Dream itself.

7.3

Delicatessen

April 1991 •French

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.

8.1

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

January 1964 •English

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

6.8

The Murderer

July 2023 •Thai

After a series of deaths in a small provincial town, a determined detective attempts to uncover the killer — and British expat Earl is the prime suspect.

7.7

Brazil

February 1985 •English

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

6.4

Mars Attacks!

December 1996 •English

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

7.8

To Be or Not to Be

March 1942 •English

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

7.3

In China They Eat Dogs

September 1999 •Danish

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.

0.0

Paul & Paulette Take a Bath

September 2025 •English

An unconventional romantic comedy about a young American photographer and a French girl with a taste for the macabre. Paul and Paulette’s chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual friendship that grows around a dark game; reenacting scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred. As their morbid road trip approaches the more recent past it becomes more uncomfortable, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, but finding a surprising joy in the darker corners of humanity.

7.4

Adam's Apples

April 2005 •Danish

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

7.0

Grave Decisions

August 2006 •German

In this black comedy set in small-town Bavaria, 11-year-old Sebastian thinks you can never be too young to be a murderer. He's convinced that he killed his mother on the day he was born and is certain he's already been condemned to purgatory. Deciding he might be able to knock off a few years of his sentence by doing good deeds, Sebastian sets out to find a wife for his father Lorenz. When Lorenz and Sebastian's schoolteacher Veronika fall madly in love with each other, it seems the heavens must be smiling. There's just one hitch: Veronika is married.