A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
The "American Gods" star credits amazing co-stars and killer special effects for his mind-bending performance.
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Cast
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| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Louisa May Foster | |
| Paul Newman | ... | Larry Flint | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Rod Anderson, Jr. | |
| Dean Martin | ... | Leonard 'Lennie' Crawley | |
| Gene Kelly | ... | Pinky Benson | |
| Robert Cummings | ... | Dr. Victor Stephanson (as Bob Cummings) | |
| Dick Van Dyke | ... | Edgar Hopper | |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | Painter | |
| Margaret Dumont | ... | Mrs. Foster | |
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Lou Nova | ... | Trentino |
| Fifi D'Orsay | ... | Baroness | |
| Maurice Marsac | ... | Rene | |
| Wally Vernon | ... | Agent | |
| Jane Wald | ... | Polly | |
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Lenny Kent | ... | Hollywood Lawyer |
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This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she's crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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black comedy | exclamation point in title | punctuation in title | husband wife relationship | death of husband |Taglines:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
2 July 1964 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
I Love Louisa See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power - 111 N Hope St, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$13,298,000Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$19,816,200Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Edgar Hopper: Well, you scared the fish away.
Louisa May Foster: You could pull me in.
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Frank Sinatra was the first choice to play Rod Anderson. When Darryl F. Zanuck balked at his salary demand, Robert Mitchum agreed to play the role at no fee for tax purposes. See more »Goofs
Robert Mitchum takes off and flies a 707 jetliner. There is no way a pilot would attempt a operate a four-engine a jet alone. At the least, a co-pilot and really needs an engineer. See more »Quotes
Louisa May Foster: [Having swum out to Edgar in his fishing boat] Imagine finding you here. I just happened to be swimming by.Edgar Hopper: Well, you scared the fish away.
Louisa May Foster: You could pull me in.
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This was a film which, like many in the old days, used to come on 'regular' commercial television as a weekend matinée. Now, of course, it is nowhere to be found on television and is just itching to be released on home video. In retrospect, it impresses even more as a dark comedy; how much darker can you get when the central character is a four-time widow? And what a cast: Dick Van Dyke at the height of his TV popularity; Paul Newman (one of the biggest movie stars of the 1960's); and veterans Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, and Gene Kelly. And the fantasy vignettes!! Some viewers have commented that they don't like them, but I think they add to the insane atmosphere of the film: MacLaine's union with Newman viewed as a black-and-white, slightly X-rated, Italian film or her life with Kelly imagined as a Hollywood musical (a clever way, incidentally, to show off her own talent as a dancer- not to mention those long, magnificent legs). My favorite one (isn't it everyone's?) is the fantasy sequence with husband Robert Mitchum- which shows off a spectacular Edith Head fashion show. I don't know who is sitting on the rights to this film, but it would be a wonderful gift for the movie-loving public to see this released to the masses ASAP.