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The Loved One (1965)
Director: Tony Richardson
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel about the British in Hollywood and Californian funeral practices was long a Buñuel project, but it finally fell to Richardson and a potentially riotous cast. Morse, unfortunately, as the British poet who ends up in the pet cemetery business, is no match for the expert wackiness on display, in particular Ayllene Gibbons as Steiger's bedridden (and food-bound) mother, and Liberace as a casket salesman. Sadly, the script, by Terry Southern out of Christopher Isherwood, just tries too hard to pack too much in, and the frenetic pacing becomes tiresome very quickly.Author: DT
Cast & crew
Director: Tony Richardson
Producer: John Calley
Cast: Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer, Jonathan Winters, Rod Steiger, Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, James Coburn, Ayllene Gibbons, John Gielgud, Tab Hunter, Margaret Leighton, Liberace, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Lionel Stander full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 119 mins
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