40 Carats (1973)

Forty year old Norwegian-American divorcée Ann Stanley owns her own Manhattan based real estate agency specializing in upscale Manhattan apartments. She lives with her seventeen year old ... See full summary »

Director:

Milton Katselas

Writers:

Jay Presson Allen (stage play adaptation) (as Jay Allen), Pierre Barillet (play) (as Barillet)

Stars:

Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Liv Ullmann	...	Ann Stanley
Edward Albert	...	Peter Latham
Gene Kelly	...	Billy Boylan
Binnie Barnes	...	Maud Ericson
Deborah Raffin	...	Trina Stanley
Billy Green Bush	...	J.D. Rogers
Nancy Walker	...	Mrs. Margie Margolin
Don Porter	...	Mr. Latham
Rosemary Murphy	...	Mrs. Latham
Natalie Schafer	...	Mrs. Adams
Sam Chew Jr.	...	Arthur Forbes
Claudia Jennings	...	Gabriella
Brooke Palance	...	Polly

Storyline

Forty year old Norwegian-American divorcée Ann Stanley owns her own Manhattan based real estate agency specializing in upscale Manhattan apartments. She lives with her seventeen year old daughter Trina Stanley, and her mother, Maud Ericson, who acts more the teenager than Trina. Largely because of her uptight and regimented attitude, Ann has had no love in her life since divorcing her ex-husband, character actor Billy Boylan, an irresponsible man who she still loves as a friend and who she sees whenever he is in town between acting jobs and whenever he needs money from her. Ann's uptight attitude seems to have softened slightly ever since returning from a trip to Greece with Maud. What she has not told anyone is that her softened attitude is from a romantic one night only liaison with a young American man she met by happenstance by an out of the way Greek beach, he who tried to get her to be more carefree, if only for that one night. Purely by coincidence, she meets that man again in ...

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Plot Keywords:

man wears a swimsuit | kiss | rockefeller center manhattan new york city | 40 year old | norwegian american | 

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Taglines:

The long-run comedy hit comes to the screen!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The picture was a critical failure and commercial flop at the international box-office.

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Goofs

During the game of pool, the positions of the balls change between shots.

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Quotes

[Mrs. Adams is looking at the apartment listings]
Mrs. Adams: This one here that's not too bad. 1080 Park Avenue. What's the cross street?
Margie Margolin: 88th Street.
Mrs. Adams: Oh no, that's too far uptown. Couldn't you give me the same apartment in the 60's?
Margie Margolin: No. It's attached to the building.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Sandy Duncan/Binnie Barnes/Steve Martin/George Foreman (1973)

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Soundtracks

In Every Corner of the World
Music by Michel Legrand
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Played over opening and end credits

User Reviews

Surprisingly good.

"40 Carats" is a surprisingly good movie. While Ullmann and Albert have little chemistry together, they nevertheless make a sweet pair, because they are both enormously appealing individually. Gene Kelly adds a few nice moments and leads a likable supporting cast. The film is slightly overlong but more mature than you might think.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Greek French

Release Date:

6 December 1973 (Finland)

Also Known As:

40 Carats

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Box Office

Gross USA:

$2,498,797

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Frankovich Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1