Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLou Adler
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGene Polito
Edited byScott Conrad
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 15, 1978 (1978-09-15)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million
Box office$104 million

Up in Smoke (also referred to as Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke) is a 1978 American buddy stoner comedy film directed by Lou Adler and starring Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Tom Skerritt, Edie Adams, Strother Martin, and Stacy Keach. It is Cheech & Chong's first feature-length film.

Cheech & Chong had been a counterculture comedy team for about ten years before they started reworking some of their material for their first film. Most of the film was shot in Los Angeles, California, including scenes set in Tijuana, while scenes set on the Mexican border were actually filmed at the border in Yuma, Arizona.

While negatively received upon its release, Up in Smoke grossed over $104 million, is credited with establishing the stoner film genre, and is now considered a cult classic. In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".