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The Gazebo (1959)
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Release Date:
January 1960 (USA)
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Tagline:
MURDER CAN BE FUN! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there. | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Funny, well written comedy
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Glenn Ford | ... | Elliott Nash | |
| Debbie Reynolds | ... | Nell Nash | |
| Carl Reiner | ... | Harlow Edison | |
| John McGiver | ... | Sam Thorpe | |
| Mabel Albertson | ... | Miss Chandler | |
| Doro Merande | ... | Matilda | |
| Bert Freed | ... | Lieutenant Joe Jenkins | |
| Martin Landau | ... | The Duke / A. Wellington Broos | |
| Robert Ellenstein | ... | Ben | |
| Dick Wessel | ... | Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel) |
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100 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Continuity: Elliot Nash haphazardly buries the attaché case with Dan Shelby, but when The Duke and Louis the Louse dig up Shelby a few days later, Dan is holding the attaché very tight in his left hand.
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Referenced in Head Above Water (1996)
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Soundtrack:
Something Called Love
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Gazebo (1959)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| To Alfred Hitchcock! | mrwiseman |
| Finally on DVD? | janig22 |
| 1959 dollars vs today= $10Gs to install a gazebo?! | marche1choripan |
| when?? | silence87ejr |
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Ford was hilarious as a blackmailing victim who decides to end his troubles with a simple murder. From the first nothing goes right, with everything under the sun conspiring against him, as he goes nuts trying to hide the body and keep it hidden. The murder scene was a total riot.