Grace Quigley

Grace Quigley
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Directed by	Anthony Harvey
Written by	A. Martin Zweiback
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Nick Nolte
Music by	John Addison
Cinematography	Larry Pizer
Editing by	Robert M. Reitano
Release date(s)	May 17, 1985
Running time	102 min. (Premiere) 87 min. (Theatrical) 94 min. (revised cut)
Country	United States
Language	English

Grace Quigley, also titled The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley, is a 1985 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte. The plot centers around an elderly woman who decides not to wait around to die of old age, but hires a hit man to kill her. The film is noted for being Hepburn's last leading role in a movie for the big screen.

In addition to the version of the film that was released in 1985, at least two other versions are known to exist: The original cut, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983, running 102 minutes; and the alternate version, The Ultimate Solution Of Grace Quigley, assembled by the writer, A. Martin Zweiback, running 94 minutes. This version that is considered superior by some critics.^[1]

References

^ Honeycutt, Kirk (July 2, 2003), Critic's notebook: Hepburn's hidden finale, The Hollywood Reporter, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1925683 .

External links

Grace Quigley at the Internet Movie Database

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Filmography

1930s	A Bill of Divorcement (1932) • Christopher Strong (1933) • Morning Glory (1933) • Little Women (1933) • Spitfire (1934) • The Little Minister (1934) • Break of Hearts (1935) • Alice Adams (1935) • Sylvia Scarlett (1935) • Mary of Scotland (1936) • A Woman Rebels (1936) • Quality Street (1937) • Stage Door (1937) • Bringing Up Baby (1938) • Holiday (1938)

1940s	The Philadelphia Story (1940) • Woman of the Year (1942) • Keeper of the Flame (1942) • Stage Door Canteen (1943) • Dragon Seed (1944) • Without Love (1945) • Undercurrent (1946) • The Sea of Grass (1947) • Song of Love (1947) • State of the Union (1948) • Adam's Rib (1949)

1950s	The African Queen (1951) • Pat and Mike (1952) • Summertime (1955) • The Rainmaker (1956) • The Iron Petticoat (1956) • Desk Set (1957) • Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

1960s	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) • The Lion in Winter (1968) • The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

1970s	The Trojan Women (1971) • A Delicate Balance (1973) • The Glass Menagerie (1973) • Love Among the Ruins (1975) • Rooster Cogburn (1975) • Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) • The Corn Is Green (1979)

1980s	On Golden Pond (1981) • Grace Quigley (1985) • Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) • Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)

1990s	The Man Upstairs (1992) • This Can't Be Love (1994) • Love Affair (1994) • One Christmas (1994)

Awards and nominations • Coco • Houghton family • The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center • Katharine Houghton • Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn • The Lake • Spencer Tracy • Tea at Five

The films of Anthony Harvey

1960s	Dutchman (1967) The Lion in Winter (1968)

1970s	They Might Be Giants (1971) The Glass Menagerie (1973) The Abdication (1974) Players (1979) Eagle's Wing (1979)

1980s	Richard's Things The Patricia Neal Story (1981) Svengali (1983) Grace Quigley (1985)

1990s	This Can't Be love (1994)