Rotten
J. Lee Thompson's direction has failed to coalesce a good, firm farce. It lets the whole thing flap wildly -- and that's no way to make a film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
What a Way to Go!
What A Cast!... What A Past!... What A Show!...
1964 · 1h 51m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- J. Lee Thompson Director
- Shirley MacLaine as Louisa May Foster
- Paul Newman as Larry Flint
- Robert Mitchum as Rod Anderson, Jr.
- Dean Martin as Leonard 'Lennie' Crawley
- Gene Kelly as Pinky Benson
- Robert Cummings as Dr. Victor Stephanson
- Dick Van Dyke as Edgar Hopper
- Teri Garr Cast
- Reginald Gardiner Cast
- Margaret Dumont Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A big, gaudy, gimmicky comedy which continually promises more than it delivers by way of wit and/or bellylaffs.
Variety Staff, Variety
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