What is "foul play"

n. 1 Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature. 2 Any violation of rules.

n. unfair or treacherous behavior (especially involving violence)

Foul Play is a 1978 American comedy mystery- thriller film written and directed by Colin Higgins, and starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Eugene Roche, Rachel Roberts, Brian Dennehy and Billy Barty. In it, a recently divorced librarian is drawn into a mystery when a stranger hides a roll of film in a pack of cigarettes and gives it to her for safekeeping.

The film inspired an ABC television series starring Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin that aired in early 1981, and was cancelled after six episodes.

Foul play may refer to:

• Foul play, a synonym for crime
• Foul (sports), an unfair or illegal act
• Foul Play (novel), 1869, by Charles Reade
• Foul Play (1920 film), British
• Foul Play (1977 film), Spanish
• Foul Play (1978 film), American
• Foul Play (album), by Dennis Brown
• Foul Play (TV series), 1981
• Foul Play (video game), 2013

Foul Play is a 1981 album by reggae singer Dennis Brown, the first of three albums to be released as part of his international record deal with A&M. The album features two tracks which have been described as "two of the greatest roots cuts in major label history", in "The Existence of Jah" and "The World is Troubled". The album was reissued on the Joe Gibbs label as a double-set with its follow-up, Love Has Found Its Way, and with both of the other A&M albums on the double-CD set The Complete A&M Years. The album mixed roots reggae tracks and sociopolitical themes with love songs such as "If I Had The World", "Your Man", and a new version of one of his early hits, "If I Follow My Heart". Klive Walker, in his book Dubwise: Reasoning from the Reggae Underground suggested that the lyric of "If I Had the World" ("You drive away the pains from me, sometimes you're like cocaine, baby") suggests that Brown was already using cocaine at the time that the album was recorded.

Foul Play is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Renee Kelly, Henry Hallett and Randolph McLeod. It is adapted from the 1869 novel Foul Play by Charles Reade.

Foul Play is an 1869 melodramatic or sensation novel by the British writer Charles Reade. In Victorian Britain a clergyman is wrongly convicted of a crime and transported to Australia. He is shipwrecked with an aristocratic woman on the hitherto uncharted "Godsend Island" in the South Pacific. Eventually he is rescued and vindicated of his crime.

Foul Play is a 1977 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It won the Golden Prize the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.

Foul Play is an American detective comedy/ drama that aired from January 26 until August 23, 1981 on ABC. The series was based on the hit 1978 theatrical film of the same name, and retained many of the same characterizations, as well as the San Francisco setting of the film. The lead roles played by Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase in the film were taken over by Deborah Raffin and Barry Bostwick, respectively, in the series. The series was produced by Thomas L. Miller (who co-produced the film), Robert L. Boyett and Hal Sitowitz, under Paramount Television (now known as CBS Television Distribution).

Foul Play is a 2013 brawler action-adventure developed by UK-based indie studio Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital. It first released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on 18 September 2013. The game was later patched with a build for OS X and Linux on 29 October 2013. After a port to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita was announced in mid-2014, the PlayStation 4 received its version of the game on 1 September 2015 in North America as part of the PlayStation Heroes charity campaign.