Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Alan Mowbray | ... | Hunter Hawk | |
Florine McKinney | ... | Meg | |
Peggy Shannon | ... | Daphne Lambert | |
Richard Carle | ... | Grandpa Lambert | |
Theresa Maxwell Conover | ... | Alice Lambert | |
Phillips Smalley | ... | Alfred Lambert | |
Wesley Barry | ... | Alfred Lambert, Jr. | |
Gilbert Emery | ... | Betts | |
Ferdinand Gottschalk | ... | Old Man Turner | |
Douglas Fowley | ... | Cyril Sparks | |
William 'Stage' Boyd | ... | Mulligan | |
Henry Armetta | ... | Roigi | |
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Arlene Carroll | ... | Stella |
Ray Corrigan | ... | Apollo (as Raymond Benard) | |
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George Hassell | ... | Bacchus |
A scientist named Hunter Hawk invents a device that can turn flesh to stone. While celebrating his discovery he becomes involved with a half naked leprechaun. On a trip to New York, Hunter and Meg (the leprechaun) decide to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and turn all of the Statues of Greek Gods into people. What follows in a drunken romp around New York with Medusa's severed head still in Perseus' hand. Written by Greg Kessler <kesslerg@medicine.wustl.edu>
Thorne Smith wrote some of the funniest and most risqué books of the era which my mother introduced her kids to in the 70's. We watched 'I married a Witch' (which is now available on DVD - although I got my copy in Spain several years ago) and my mum told me that she'd seen Topper, Turnabout and that she'd heard that they had may have made Night Life of the Gods. The book rocks which is why I wanted to see the film.
The DVD of this movie took me two years to find and was so appalling in quality that I couldn't finish it - and I really did try. even in postage stamp format the picture was bad. Alas, 70 years of culture and a really bad print really mucks things up. This movie had the opportunity to be THE screwball comedy of all time, it had great lines,sex and all in a time of innocence, I really wish I could have seen if the movie had lived up to it. I guess if it had it might not be in such a sorry state.........