History Film / ScavengerHunt1979

As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_Hunt The Other Wiki]] and at [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079858/combined IMDB]]. The film is often considered to be unfunny for its premise, although some appreciate the cast.

''Scavenger Hunt'' is a 1979 comedy film directed by Michael Schultz and starring, [[AllStarCast among others]], Creator/RichardBenjamin, James Coco, Creator/RuthGordon, Creator/ClorisLeachman, Creator/RoddyMcDowall, Richard Mulligan, and Tony Randall.

* AmoralAttorney: Mildred’s lawyer Stewart Sellsome is a greedy man who encourages her to cry and fake sympathy at the will reading and is quick to try and sabotage the other teams and seize other unfair advantages. Averted with Milton’s lawyer, and the executor of his estate, Charles Bernstein, who is scrupulous in his duties and contemptuously/bemusedly tells Sellsome that it’s hard for him to believe their in the same profession.

* BeeAfraid: Henry goes to get a beehive out of a field, and, of course, gets stung.

* BigFun: One of the rules is "50 bonus points for the team with the heaviest person." The man Jeff, Kenya and Lisa find is a bit of a FatIdiot and slob who they get to come by lying that the bonus points are for someone dressed exactly like him (sensing he'd be offended by the real reason. The guy Dummitz brings is openly excited about being a point-getter for a scavenger hunt, is amused by the whole thing and doesn't even mind arriving tied across the hood of Dummitz's taxi.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Parker’s family consists of his son-in-law and four rambunctious grandchildren, his greedy sister Mildred, her ManChild son and long-suffering stepdaughter, and two relatively normal nephews the Stevens brothers (its unclear if there parent is a deceased third sibling or Mildred from one of her past marriages, although either way they don’t like her that much).

* ChekhovsGunman: Dummitz partners with a museum security guard in order to get at some of the items on the list. [[spoiler:The man is inside their suit of armor when it gets stolen by Mildred, Georgie and Sellsome, and because he’s in the suit of armor he’s abel to move it into the Stevens pile.]]

-->'''Selsome''': "Out of order? What do you mean 'out of order'? It was working just a second ago!"
-->'''Janitor''': "I'm sorry but it's not working now."
-->'''Selsome''': "But it was working, just a second ago."
-->'''Janitor''': "And a second ago I wasn't standing here talking to a moron."

* LoopholeAbuse: The various teams aren’t allowed to buy anything, but Sellsome calls several of his employees and gives them the scavenger hunt list so ''they'' can buy the stuff and then give it to him. Then, at the end [[spoiler:the security guard in the suit of armor staggers out of Mildred’s pile and into the Stevens, because while the teams prevent members of an opposing team from moving their items, there’s no rule against an “item” moving itself.]]

* WeWinBecauseYouDidnt: At the end [[spoiler:The servants team observe at how far ahead of everyone else Mildred, Sellsome and George are, and decide to give the Stevens and Lisa everything in their pile in the hopes of letting them catch up and having someone else win. All to the other teams quickly follow suit. This is reward by the Stevens brothers and Lis sharing the prize with them.]]

* {{Flopsy}}: Dummitz sees a ConMan pulling the flopsy scam in a car park, and decides it would be the perfect way to obtain a Rolls-Royce grille. He then makes multiple attempts to be hit by the Rolls, all of which fail, but which result in him being run over by a succession of different cars!

As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_Hunt The Other Wiki]] and at [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079858/combined IMDB]].

* BigFun: One of the rules is "50 bonus points for the team with the heaviest person."

* {{Megane}} {{Manchild}}: Georgie wears glasses and is rather wimpy.

''Scavenger Hunt'' is a 1979 comedy film directed by Michael Schultz and starring, [[AllStarCast among others]], Creator/RichardBenjamin, James Coco, Ruth Gordon, Creator/ClorisLeachman, Creator/RoddyMcDowall, Richard Mulligan, and Tony Randall.

* BrownBagMask: Jenkins, Jackson and Henri pull paper bags over their heads when they rob the grocery store. Henri forget to out any eye holes in his.

* {{Flopsy}}: Dummitz sees a ConMan pulling the flopsy scam in a car park, and decides it would be the perfect way to obtain a Rolls-Royce grille. He then makes multiple attempts to be hit by the Rolls, all of which fail, but which result in him being run over by a succession of different cars.

** NeverMessWithGranny: Arvila says that she keeps the real ones with the [[{{BFG}} Howitzer]].

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie starts in the late morning with the reading of the will, and ends just after 5 pm when the points from the ScavenegarHunt are tallied. Total time elapsed is probably not more than six hours.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie starts in the late morning with the reading of the will, and ends just after 5 pm when the points from the ScavenegerHunt are tallied. Total time elapsed is probably not more than six hours.

* FrenchMaidOutfit: Babbette is an actual FrenchMaid who wears the outfit as her uniform. This is not too suprising given that the little we see of her late employer Mr. Parker indicates that he was something of a DirtyOldMan.

* ScarilyCompetantTracker: PlayedForLaughs. Selsome steals a set of false teeth of an old Indian, who then proceeds to track his Cadillac across the paved streets of the city.

* ItsProbablyNothing: This is Sam's reaction when her hears Dummitz [[AirVentPassageway breaking into the bidal boutique via the air vent]]. It is only when Dummitz tries to sneak past him [[NobodyHereButUsStatues disguised as a mannequin]] that he decides he should investigate.

-->'''SELSOME''': "Out of order? What do you mean 'out of order'? It was working just a second ago!"
-->'''JANITOR''': "I'm sorry but it's not working now."
-->'''SELSOME''': "But it was working, just a second ago."
-->'''JANITOR''': "And a second ago I wasn't standing here talking to a moron."

* MotorcycleDominoes: After being thrown out of the biker bar, Selsome pauses to gloat over the fact that none of teh bikers noticed him pocketing the fox tail. As he does so, he knocks over one of the bikes: triggeriing a domino chain reaction. Seconds later, the bikers are chasing him again.