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The Adding Machine (1969)

M | | Comedy | 23 September 1969 (USA)
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An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.

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Mrs. Zero
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Daisy Devore
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Lieutenant Charles
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Shrdlu
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Smithers
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Don
Paddie O'Neil ...
Mabel
Libby Morris ...
Ethel
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Harry
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Lawyer
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Judy
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Kenny Damon ...
Joe
John Brandon ...
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An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.

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accountant | adding machine | employment | afterlife | electric chair | See All (8) »

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The motion picture that adds up to an excursion into the absurd.

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According to the director of this film Jerome Epstein, it was the idea of comedian Charles Chaplin to portray the scenes in Heaven the way they turned out in the film, with hot dog stands among other things. See more »

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How Small We Are, How Little We Know
by Earl Wilson Jr. (as Earl Wilson Jnr.)
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