A Talent for Loving (film)

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A Talent for Loving
Directed by Richard Quine
Written by Richard Condon (screenplay)
Based on A Talent for Loving by Richard Condon
Produced by Walter Shenson
Starring Richard Widmark
Chaim Topol
Cesar Romero
Cinematography Clifford Stine
Edited byEric Boyd-Perkins
Music by Ken Thorne
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
1969
Running time
110 min.
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

A Talent for Loving is a 1969 British-American comedy Western film directed by Richard Quine and starring Richard Widmark, Chaim Topol, and Cesar Romero. It is based on the 1961 parodic Western novel A Talent for Loving , or The Great Cowboy Race by Richard Condon, who also wrote the screenplay. The home video version of the film (Simitar Entertainment) is re-titled Gun Crazy and has been edited to 95 minutes. [1]

Contents

In December 1965, Walter Shenson offered A Talent for Loving to Brian Epstein as a film vehicle for The Beatles, and it was rejected unanimously. [2]

Plot

A gambler named Patten wins the deed to a Mexican ranch, but finds a curse has been placed on the place. Don Jose must marry off his beautiful, nymphomaniacal daughter to permanently free her of the curse.

Cast

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References

  1. AllMovie entry
  2. "Beatle Me This, Beatle Me That". fabfourforever.every-little-thing.net. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.