IMDb > Payday (1973)

Overview

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Director:

Daryl Duke

Writer:

Don Carpenter (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

18 September 1975 (Sweden) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

If you can't smoke it, drink it, spend it or love it... forget it. more

Plot:

A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Rip Torn Film Festival Now At Anthology Film Archives In NY
 (From CinemaRetro. 6 March 2009, 8:02 AM, PST)

Spring Preview: A Repertory Calendar for the Coasts
 (From IFC. 18 February 2009, 2:17 PM, PST)

User Comments:

True gem worth finding more (9 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rip Torn ... Maury Dann
Ahna Capri ... Mayleen Travis
Elayne Heilveil ... Rosamond McClintock

Michael C. Gwynne ... Clarence McGinty
Jeff Morris ... Bob Tally
Cliff Emmich ... Chicago
Henry O. Arnold ... Ted
Bobby Smith ... Lyman Pitt
Dallas Smith ... Henry Tutweiler
Richard Hoffman ... Foggy Bottom Yonce
Walter Bamberg ... Bridgeway
Eleanor Fell ... Galen Dann
Cara Dunn ... Mama Dann
Linda Spatz ... Sandy
Earle Trigg ... Bob Dickey
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Additional Details

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Selma, Alabama, USA

Company:

Fantasy Films more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Maury Dann, played by Rip Torn, mentions that one of his children is named Elmore. Torn's real first name is Elmore. more

Quotes:

[To Rosamond.]
Mayleen: If I was a man, I'd ball you, too. God knows you're easy enough.
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Soundtrack:

Road to Nashville more


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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
True gem worth finding, 13 May 1999
10/10
Author: devalier

This is another one of those brilliant character studies that proliferated film screens in the early 1970's. Rip Torn gives a superb performance as Maury Dann, a mercurial, drunken country/western singer whose life ultimately careens out-of-control during a road tour. Payday is probably the most accurate filmed depiction of a musician's life on the road that you'll ever see: endless drug abuse, random sex, sudden violence. It's all here in one well-written, astutely directed package. Sadly, Payday is seldom seen in revival houses or on television. This is a true gem worth finding.

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