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Overview

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5.6/10   717 votes
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Director:
Mike Nichols
Writer:
Carole Eastman (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 October 1975 (Argentina) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Romance more
Tagline:
It takes three to tango (if you don't count the chicken) more
Plot:
Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them . not even murder. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
pathetic more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Stockard Channing ... Fredrika Contessa 'Freddie' Biggars / Sullivan

Jack Nicholson ... Oscar Sullivan aka Oscar Dix

Warren Beatty ... Nicky Wilson
Ian Wolfe ... Justice of the Peace
Rose Michtom ... His Wife

Brian Avery ... Airline Steward
Florence Stanley ... Mrs. Gould
Dub Taylor ... Rattlesnake Tom
Catlin Adams ... Girl Lover (as Nira Barab)

Christopher Guest ... Boy Lover
Scatman Crothers ... Fisherman
Tom Newman ... John the Barber
Jim Antonio ... 1st Policeman
Vic Vallaro ... 2nd Policeman
Richard B. Shull ... Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Spite and Malice
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:PG | UK:15 (TV rating)
Filming Locations:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Nicky Wilson: [To Frederica who's screaming because Oscar is walking on the plane's wing during flight] Just ignore him. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Lion Roars Again (1975) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
pathetic, 4 October 2005
6/10
Author: KyleFurr1983 from United States

It is easy to see why i had never heard of this movie before because it is so bad and it's hard to see a cast this great in a movie so bad. Hard to believe this was directed by Mike Nichols and stars Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. The movie is set in the 1920's in which there is a law that saw you cannot take a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. Beatty is in love with Stockard Channing and has Nicholson get married to her and the movie doesn't make it clear why Beatty didn't marry her in the first place. Beatty is going to pose as her brother and they are going to California. It then turns out that both of them are only interested in her money and she isn't too happy about that. The movie is pretty bad and this movie deserves to be unknown.

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