A Lovely Way to Die (1968)Director:David Lowell RichWriter:A.J. Russell |
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A Lovely Way to Die (1968)Director:David Lowell RichWriter:A.J. Russell |
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| Kirk Douglas | ... |
Jim Schuyler
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| Sylva Koscina | ... |
Rena Westabrook
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| Eli Wallach | ... |
Tennessee Fredericks
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Kenneth Haigh | ... |
Jonathan Fleming
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Martyn Green | ... |
Finchley
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| Sharon Farrell | ... |
Carol
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| Ruth White | ... |
Biddy, Cook
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| Philip Bosco | ... |
Fuller
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| Ralph Waite | ... |
Sean Magruder
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Meg Myles | ... |
Mrs. Magruder
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William Roerick | ... |
Loren Westabrook
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| Dana Elcar | ... |
Layton
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Dolph Sweet | ... |
Captain Haver
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Dee Victor | ... |
Mrs. Gordon
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| Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... |
Daley
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Cheesy does not even begin to describe it. Some of the most wooden acting and clunkiest dialogue I have ever experienced. It's actually like a Carry On film without the laughs. Not that Kirk Douglas has a cast-iron reputation as a discerning, talented actor, but his appearance in this is just embarrassing. Likewise Eli Wallach. Then there's this plinky-plonky music running along through many scenes, often totally at odds with the mood and images images it accompanies. Add to this some very weird editing and timing. People laugh (at things that are not remotely funny) or respond to things that are said a second too late. And I know it's of its time etc., but the women in the film are all such bimbos and doormats that even I as a man found it offensive at times. Not even "so bad it's good". Just brutal.