Title: There's plenty of smoke, and enough fire light up the screen
Review: This is a 1970 movie about a dying Iowa town that is the only taker from a tobacco company that offers $25 million to any town that will have every resident sign a pledge not to smoke for a whole month, and then actually do just that. Its all-star cast of comics and the wicked direction of Norman Lear (who also wrote this piece) save this gem from the oblivion that you'd imagine would befall something devoted to a topic not really funny any more. This little Iowa town of 4006 souls is in fact a microcosm to showcase all the peccadillos (not to mention outright crimes), public and private, that you can imagine. The talented clowns turn this into a riot that I believe is well-nigh impossible not to guffaw at. Who'd have thought that a film about 4006 people refraining from smoking could light up the screen, but these folks do it. I highly recommend this farce.
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