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Director:
John Korty
Writers:
Stanley Elkin (story)
Lawrence B. Marcus (writer)
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Release Date:
2 June 1977 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
The More Trouble He Gets Into, the Funnier He Gets
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User Comments:
Bujold is a gypsy like Dr.Ruth is an astronaut. more (4 total)

Cast

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Jack Lemmon ... Alexander Main
Geneviève Bujold ... Maritza

James Woods ... Crainpool
Gino Ardito ... The Golfer
Robert Emhardt ... Judge Ehrlinger
Titos Vandis ... Treska
William Cort ... Public Defender (as Bill Cort)
Todd Martin ... Roy Blake
Frank Doubleday ... Prisoner

Joe Flaherty ... Morgan (as Joseph X. Flaherty)

Robert Miano ... Young Shepherd
Al Checco ... Nat

Harold Sylvester ... First Goon

Clyde Kusatsu ... X-Ray Technician
Alan DeWitt ... Attendant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Love and Other Crimes
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:PG (re-rating) | Iceland:L | USA:R (original rating) | Australia:PG (re-rating)
Filming Locations:
California, USA more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jack Lemmon attended a disastrous preview with his friend Walter Matthau. When the screening finished a distraught Lemmon asked his friend for advice about the picture, Matthau advised that Lemmon should "Get out of it"! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Eric Idle/Neil Innes (#2.21)" (1977) more

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Bujold is a gypsy like Dr.Ruth is an astronaut., 11 October 2007
Author: fedor8 (fedor8@yahoo.com) from Serbia

It's not a complex political thriller, and it's not a supernatural mystery drama, nor is it advanced finance/accounting - but it's still quite confusing. Maybe I need to see it again, no idea. I saw it many years ago, in German (thanks to the "wisdom" of synchronization). I remember it as a muddled, pointless comedy melodrama, though there wasn't much to laugh or chuckle to here.

But the real problem I had with this strange 70s movie is the casting of Genevieve Bujold as a gypsy: it is pure insanity. Haven't these Hollywood dopes ever seen real gypsies? In the U.S. the term "gypsy" may signify or imply "cute" so maybe they thought they should cast a cute actress such as Bujold undoubtedly is. They dyed her hair so heavily that it's blacker than black - but it didn't help. It can't. She is about as gypsy-looking as Robert Redford would be Italian-looking if they dyed HIS hair (he was the original choice for Michael Corleone in "The Godfather", believe it or not).

I live in Serbia and see gypsies every day. They'd laugh at this movie.

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