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{{Short description|1980 American sports comedy film by Harold Ramis}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Caddyshack
| image          = Caddyshack poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Harold Ramis]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brian Doyle-Murray]]
* Harold Ramis
* [[Douglas Kenney]]
}}
| producer       = Douglas Kenney
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Chevy Chase]]
* [[Rodney Dangerfield]]
* [[Ted Knight]]
* [[Michael O'Keefe]]
* [[Bill Murray]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Stevan Larner]]
| editing        = William C. Carruth
| music          = [[Johnny Mandel]]
| studio         = [[Orion Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1980|7|25}}
| runtime        = 98 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $4.8–6 million<ref name="Brown">{{cite news |date=20 Jan 1985 |author=PETER H. BROWN |title=WE'RE TALKING GROSS, TACKY AND DUMB |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-20-ca-10722-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref><ref name="numbers">{{cite web |title=Caddyshack (1980) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Caddyshack#tab=summary |website=The Numbers}}</ref>
| gross          = $60 million<ref name="Brown"/>
}}
'''''Caddyshack''''' is a 1980 American [[Sports film|sports]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Harold Ramis]], written by [[Brian Doyle-Murray]], Ramis and [[Douglas Kenney]], and starring [[Chevy Chase]], [[Rodney Dangerfield]], [[Ted Knight]] (his final film role), [[Michael O'Keefe]] and [[Bill Murray]] with supporting roles by [[Sarah Holcomb]], [[Cindy Morgan]], and Doyle-Murray. It tells the story of a [[caddie]], vying for a caddie scholarship, who becomes involved in a feud on the links between one of the country club's founders and a ''[[nouveau riche]]'' guest. A subplot involves a greenskeeper who uses extreme methods against an elusive [[gopher]].

''Caddyshack'' was the directorial debut of Ramis and the film boosted the career of Dangerfield, who was then known primarily as a [[stand-up comedian]]. Grossing nearly $40 million at the domestic box office (the [[1980 in film|17th-highest of the year]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Domestic Box Office For 1980 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1980/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715185334/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1980&p=.htm |archive-date=July 15, 2017 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> it was the first of a series of similar "slob vs. snob" comedies.

The film has a cult following and was described by [[ESPN]] as "perhaps the funniest sports movie ever made."<ref>{{cite web |title=ESPN.com - Page2 - Page 2's Top 20 Sports Movies of All-Time |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/movies/s/top20/fulllist.html |website=Espn.com |quote=Perhaps the funniest sports movie ever made, and 22 years later, it still ranks as definitely the most 'quotable' sports film. |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413191849/http://www.espn.com/page2/movies/s/top20/fulllist.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A sequel titled ''[[Caddyshack II]]'' (1988) followed, although only Chase reprised his role; it was panned by critics and a [[box-office bomb]].