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Once Is Not Enough (1975)
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20 June 1975 (USA) moreTagline:
The Husband for sale - bought for $3 million. The Daughter - a virgin eager to make up for lost time. The Novelist who couldn't live the fantasies he wrote about. morePlot:
An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
Once was too much moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kirk Douglas | ... | Mike Wayne | |
| Alexis Smith | ... | Deidre Milford Granger | |
| David Janssen | ... | Tom Colt | |
| George Hamilton | ... | David Milford | |
| Melina Mercouri | ... | Karla | |
| Gary Conway | ... | Hugh Robertson | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | ... | Linda Riggs | |
| Deborah Raffin | ... | January | |
| Lillian Randolph | ... | Mabel | |
| Renata Vanni | ... | Maria | |
| Mark Roberts | ... | Rheingold | |
| John Roper | ... | Franco | |
| Leonard Sachs | ... | Dr. Peterson | |
| Jim Boles | ... | Scotty | |
| Ann Marie Moelders | ... | Girl at El Morocco |
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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The movie, and the novel it was based on, was famous for containing fictionalized portraits of real people, including heiress Barbara Hutton (Alexis Smith), "Cosmopolitan" editor and author Helen Gurley Brown (Brenda Vaccaro), reclusive actress Greta Garbo (Melina Mercouri), and author Norman Mailer (David Janssen). Fans disagree on the model for the Kirk Douglas character, some even claiming he was based on this film's producer, Howard W. Koch. moreFAQ
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Ick. Everyone's rich. Everyone's decayed. Everyone's white. Everyone's horny. Everyone's drunk. The subplot of a young adult with sexual feelings for her dad made me uncomfortable, and not in a "last scene of North by Northwest" way either. Strangely, Kirk Douglas just goes through the motions. Alexis Smith contributes nothing more than if she'd been typing into Stephen Hawking's voice machine. David Janssen is still hoping his looks will divert people from finding out he can't act. Melina's kind of interesting. And George Hamilton is good at putting down the idle rich by just playing one of them. Other than that, a waste of time.