40 Pounds of Trouble
40 Pounds of Trouble | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Norman Jewison |
Produced by | Stan Margulies |
Screenplay by | Marion Hargrove |
Based on |
Little Miss Marker by Damon Runyon |
Starring |
Tony Curtis Suzanne Pleshette Larry Storch |
Music by | Mort Lindsey |
Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
Edited by | Marjorie Fowler |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates | 31 December 1962 (USA) |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,750,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
40 Pounds of Trouble is a 1962 film directed by Norman Jewison that marks his directorial debut. The film was shot on location at Disneyland and Lake Tahoe.[2] It is a retelling of Damon Runyon's story Little Miss Marker.[3]
Plot
Tony Curtis plays a casino manager who must take care of an 8-year-old girl.
Principal cast
Actor | Role |
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Tony Curtis | Steve McCluskey |
Suzanne Pleshette | Chris Lockwood |
Larry Storch | Floyd |
Howard Morris | Julius |
Edward Andrews | Herman |
Stubby Kaye | Cranston |
Warren Stevens | Swing |
Kevin McCarthy | Louie Blanchard |
Phil Silvers | Bernie "the Butcher" Friedman |
Critical reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times sums up the film:
“ | 40 Pounds of Trouble is witless remake of a Runyon Story... Blunt promotion, thin humor fill script... The trouble with 40 Pounds of Trouble is that it is just too hackneyed and dull.[3] | ” |
References
- ↑ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057069/locations
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 BOSLEY CROWTHER Special to The New York Times. (1963-01-24). "Movie Review - Sodoma e Gomorra - Screen: '40 Pounds of Trouble':Film Is Witless Remake of a Runyon Story Blunt Promotion, Thin Humor Fill Script 'Sodom and Gomorrah' - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
External links
- 40 Pounds of Trouble at the Internet Movie Database
- 40 Pounds of Trouble at the TCM Movie Database
- 40 Pounds of Trouble at AllMovie
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