Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

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Directed by Waris Hussein
Produced by Mel Howard
John H. Cushingham
Written by Gabriel Walsh
Starring Gene Wilder
Margot Kidder
Music by Michael Dress
Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
Editing by Bill Blunden
Distributed by Scotia-Barber (UK)
UMC Pictures (USA)
Release date(s) 1970
Running time 90 min.
Country Ireland
Language English
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It starred Gene Wilder as the titular Quackser Fortune as a lazy Irishman who falls in love with an American exchange student, Margot Kidder, who almost runs him over.

[edit] Selected cast

  • Gene Wilder as Quackser Fortune
  • Margot Kidder as Zazel Pierce
  • Eileen Colgan as Betsy Bourke
  • Seamus Ford as Mr. Fortune
  • May Ollis as Mrs. Fortune
  • Liz Davis as Kathleen Fortune
  • Caroline Tully as Vera Fortune
  • David Kelly as Tom Maguire

[edit] Nomination

The film was nominated for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (WGA Award - Screen) at the Writers Guild of America, USA in 1971.

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