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Writer:
W.D. Richter (writer)
Release Date:
7 March 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
Kopetzky & Kanipsia together at last. more
Plot:
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Hilarious! more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Caan | ... | Dick Kanipsia |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Barry Fenaka |
 | Sally Kellerman | ... | Kitty Kopetzky |
| Louise Lasser | ... | Mary Fenaka |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Vincent J. Palmer |
| Richard B. Shull | ... | Harry Moss |
 | Alex Rocco | ... | Man with Ice Cream |
| Seamon Glass | ... | Farmer in Truck |
| Wayne Storm | ... | Highway Patrolman |
| Diana Darrin | ... | Band Singer |
| Stuart Nisbet | ... | Buddy |
| Edwina Gough | ... | Bingo Player |
| Al Dunlap | ... | Man in Men's Room |
| James Joseph | ... | Short Order Cook |
| Virginia Sale | ... | Bingo Caller |
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97 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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UK:AA (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Norway:16 | USA:PG | Canada:PG
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Continuity: During the period the film was set, the USA was changing its road marking from white to yellow. In various shots on country roads, you can make out the same section of road having white center stripes one minute and yellow the next. It is possible that the road had its lines repainted during the filming. more
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Happy Days Are Here Again more
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One of those films that make you realise just how good American cinema could be in the 70s. The plot is less important than the beautifully written and performed off-beat characters, all in their own way in search of an elusive (and finally impossible) pot of gold.
But perhaps the strongest feature of the film are the set pieces: James Caan gets a lift in the truck of a grumpy farmer: "Get out of my truck!" "Well, can you stop it first?"; Caan visits the 'head' in a diner, and a terrified customer comes rushing in - what's scared him?; the final ten minutes, a trailer marooned in the middle of the road, destruction all around, and James Caan finally waking up (existentially): "What the f*** am I doing here in a vegetable stand in the middle of nowhere?"
Caan showing a subtle touch with light/black comedy, the glorious Sally Kellerman, Peter Boyle as always wacky as hell ...
Pure gold.