A Talent for Loving (film)

1969 film by Richard Quine

  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
110 min.CountriesUnited Kingdom
United StatesLanguageEnglish

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]

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

  • Richard Widmark as Major Patten
  • Chaim Topol as Molina
  • Cesar Romero as Don Jose
  • Geneviève Page as Delphine
  • Fran Jeffries as Maria
  • Derek Nimmo as Moodie
  • Max Showalter as Franklin
  • Joe Melia as Tortillaw
  • John Bluthal as Martinelli
  • Libby Morris as Jacaranda
  • Judd Hamilton as Jim
  • Caroline Munro as Evalina Patten

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.
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Films directed by Richard Quine