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Lord Love a Duck
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Overview

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6.5/10   750 votes
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Director:
Writers:
George Axelrod (writer)
Al Hine (novel)
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Release Date:
29 July 1966 (West Germany) more
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This motion picture is an act of pure aggression more
Plot:
A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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Ahead of Its Time more (45 total)

Cast

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Roddy McDowall ... Alan 'Mollymauk' Musgrave

Tuesday Weld ... Barbara Ann Greene
Lola Albright ... Marie Greene
Martin West ... Bob Bernard

Ruth Gordon ... Stella Bernard

Harvey Korman ... Weldon Emmett
Sarah Marshall ... Miss Schwartz
Lynn Carey ... Sally Grace
Max Showalter ... Howard Greene
Donald Murphy ... Phil Neuhauser
Joseph Mell ... Dr. Milton Lippman (as Joe Mell)
Dan Frazer ... Honest Joe
Martine Bartlett ... Inez
Jo Collins ... Kitten
Judith Loomis ... Mrs. Neuhauser
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105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Tuesday Weld told film critic Rex Reed that this was her favorite film and that she thought she gave her best performance in it. more
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Barbara Ann: Everybody has got to love me. Everybody. This is my year. My horoscope says I am going to be famous. I am a Capricorn and I can't miss. I deserve it, too. I've been good. I haven't done bad things with boys. Well, a little. But not really bad. And only if I liked a boy. more
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References "The Late Late Show" (1962) more
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Ahead of Its Time, 26 November 2001
7/10
Author: JasonS-5 from Baltimore, MD

I put this movie in a category with other slightly anarchic anti-establishment movies such as "The Graduate," "If..." and "The Magic Christian." The only difference is that it pre-dates all of them. Being the first of its kind, its a slightly awkward film that doesn't always know what to do with itself. There are plenty of holes in the plot, and, if its a comedy the dramatic scenes are too strident, if its a drama then it is all done with too much flippancy.

On the whole, though, I really enjoyed it. I don't claim to be an expert on the culture of the mid-sixties, but it tackles a lot of topics that seemed to be taboo at the time, like Marie's death, and their rather self-conscious use of the word prostitute.

The acting is all excellent, I was particularly impressed with Tuesday Weld's performance. I had never really thought of her as anything more than the vapid lead to a bunch of teen movies, but I was really surprised at what a good actress she was. Roddy McDowall is excellent as Mollymauk, but the uneveness of the film doesn't do the character justice, and you get the feeling with a little more work on the plot and the pacing, he could have made the film hysterical.

Anyway, it was a good film, particularly impressive when you think of it as the prototype of a genre of film which is still being produced today.

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