Don't Drink the Water (1969 film)

Don't Drink the Water
Film poster by Sandy Kossin
Directed byHoward Morris
Screenplay byR. S. Allen and
Harvey Bullock
Based onDon't Drink the Water
by Woody Allen
Produced byCharles H. Joffe
Jack Rollins (uncredited)
Joseph E. Levine (executive producer)
StarringJackie Gleason
Estelle Parsons
Ted Bessell
Joan Delaney
CinematographyHarvey Genkins
Edited byRalph Rosenblum A.C.E.
(editorial supervision)
Music byPat Williams
Distributed byAvco Embassy Pictures
Release date
  • November 11, 1969 (1969-11-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Don't Drink the Water is a 1969 American comedy film starring Jackie Gleason and Estelle Parsons. It is directed by Howard Morris and based upon a 1966 play Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen. The supporting cast includes Ted Bessell and Joan Delaney.

In 1994, Allen remade the story as the television film Don't Drink the Water, with himself as Walter Hollander.