Cast Of How To Murder Your Wife
After marrying while drunkard, a cartoonist puts his murderous fantasies into his work.
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Release Engagement
Jan 1965
Premiere Information
New York opening: 26 Jan 1965
Product Company
Murder Inc.
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 58m
Sound
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Colour
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : i
Synopsis
Wealthy bachelor cartoonist Stanley Ford lives in a New York City apartment, his unmarried bliss protected by his English valet, Charles. Later on getting drunkard at a stag party, however, Stanley awakens the post-obit morning to discover himself married to the daughter who popped out of a block at the party. She is an Italian who speaks little English language and who was stranded in the Us subsequently coming here to participate in a beauty contest. Stanley tries to become the marriage annulled, but Harold, his attorney, who has ever wanted Stanley to wed and settle downwardly, advises him that annulment and divorce are impossible. Mrs. Ford's "feminization" of his home and daily routine drives Stanley to distraction. Having always tried out his comic-strip situations in existent life before committing them to paper, Stanley drops a dummy dressed equally his wife into a foundation form at a building site; and tons of physical are poured over the dummy. He makes this incident part of a wife-murder in his comic strip, and when Mrs. Ford sees information technology on his cartoon board she panics and flees. Realizing at last that he loves and misses his married woman, Stanley notifies the police of her disappearance; only workmen at the building site come across Stanley'due south comic-strip account of the wife-murder and also notify the constabulary. Stanley is arrested and charged with murdering his married woman every bit depicted in the strip. At his trial Stanley delivers a tirade confronting wedlock to the all-married male person jury, convincing them that they all have married woman-murder in the back of their minds, and he is acquitted. To his surprise, Mrs. Ford returns to him.
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Film Details
Genre
Release Date
January 1965
Premiere Information
New York opening: 26 Jan 1965
Production Company
Murder Inc.
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United states
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 58m
Sound
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Colour
Colour (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
one.66 : 1
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How To Murder Your Married woman - How to Murder Your Wife
There was a time, in the days before handguns were standard "back to school" supplies, that jokes could exist made at the h2o libation, and satires could be popular box-office fare without the resulting conversations about their appropriateness or effect on youth or special involvement groups. Sadly, those days are gone, simply fortunately nosotros accept as evidence of those less politically correct days - How To Murder Your Wife (1965), directed past Richard Quine from a screenplay by George Axelrod (The Manchurian Candidate, 1962).
Every bit cartoonist of the wildly popular "Fustigate Brannigan, Underground Agent" comic strip, Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) is the envy of every red blooded, 1960s American male! A devout bachelor, Ford is attended by butler-confidante Charles (Terry-Thomas) who takes care of his every whim, while the cartoonist swings from nightclub to nightclub, or dallies with a succession of ladies at his posh New York townhouse. Past twenty-four hour period, Ford's success has afforded him the opportunity to run effectually like a little boy playing make believe as he "tests" all of Bash Brannigan's capers in existent life. As he explains to his attorney and best friend Harold (Eddie Mayehoff), he "wouldn't make Bash do anything he hasn't tried out" for himself, whether that means shoot outs with cap guns in the streets of New York, or jewelry heists in the harbor. Ford's martini drinking lifestyle bubbles forth gleefully until 1 unfortunate morning when he wakes up married to the Italian sexpot who jumped out of a cake the previous unfortunate evening. His new helpmate (Virna Lisi) refuses divorce equally a strict Roman Catholic, and annulment is out of the question since Ford has "sampled" married life, as information technology were, and so the ex-available reluctantly accepts his fate. Naturally, married life soon takes a toll on Ford's comic strip with "Bash Brannigan, Surreptitious Agent" evolving into "The Brannigans", a strip about a married superhero. Ironically, the strip strikes a chord with women readers, becoming more popular than ever, but Ford feels he has lost command of his life. In frustration, he plots to eliminate Bash's wife, which he must deed out in person before he can commit it to his comic strip. And at present you know why the championship is called How To Murder Your Wife.
The filming of How To Murder Your Wife was as manic and unpredictable as Ford's exploits in the movie. Doing his own stunts, Lemmon narrowly avoided being killed when a pipe he was swinging on broke. Equally he plummeted toward the ground along a fire escape, Lemmon saw a pipage sticking out from the edifice and " I threw out my arm and hooked it right at the elbow. It stopped my descent and I just swung at that place similar a pendulum." Far more dangerous was an incident involving his gorgeous co-star, Virna Lisi. Lemmon once walked into Lisi's dressing room by mistake, only to observe her standing stark naked in forepart of a full-length mirror. Lisi'south husband, who was sitting in the corner, leaped upwards and lunged toward Lemmon. "I shot out the door like a bird...I don't know what [the husband] thought, but I wasn't about to stick around and detect out," Lemmon later said.
At the time of information technology's release, How To Murder Your Wife was praised for its clever screenplay and wicked sense of sense of humour, but seen today the movie could just every bit easily exist accused of being misanthropic. After all, the men are all sexist pigs and the women are depicted equally materialistic bubbleheads. And every bit for Ford'southward jokes almost killing his spouse, remarks like that these days could just as easily finish up with the police showing up at your doorstep. Simply How To Murder Your Wife needs no apologies considering right from the commencement it's clearly a farce and never meant to exist taken seriously. Audiences in the sixties were hip to that. Are you?
Producer: George Axelrod, Gordon Carroll (executive producer)
Manager: Richard Quine
Screenplay: George Axelrod
Production Blueprint: Richard Sylbert
Cinematography: Harry Stradling
Costume Blueprint: Moss Mabry
Film Editing: David Wages
Original Music: Neal Hefti
Principal Bandage: Jack Lemmon (Stanley Ford), Virna Lisi (Mrs. Ford), Eddie Mayehoff (Harold Lampson), Claire Trevor (Edna Lampson), Terry-Thomas (Charles), Jack Albertson (Dr. Bentley), Max Showalter (Tobey Rawlins).
C-119m. Letterboxed.
by Nib Goodman
How To Murder Your Wife - How to Murder Your Wife
There was a time, in the days before handguns were standard "dorsum to school" supplies, that jokes could exist made at the water cooler, and satires could be pop box-function fare without the resulting conversations about their appropriateness or effect on youth or special interest groups. Sadly, those days are gone, simply fortunately we accept as show of those less politically correct days - How To Murder Your Married woman (1965), directed past Richard Quine from a screenplay by George Axelrod (The Manchurian Candidate, 1962). As cartoonist of the wildly pop "Fustigate Brannigan, Secret Agent" comic strip, Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) is the envy of every red blooded, 1960s American male! A devout available, Ford is attended by butler-confidante Charles (Terry-Thomas) who takes care of his every whim, while the cartoonist swings from nightclub to nightclub, or dallies with a succession of ladies at his posh New York townhouse. By day, Ford's success has afforded him the opportunity to run around like a fiddling male child playing make believe as he "tests" all of Bash Brannigan's capers in real life. As he explains to his attorney and best friend Harold (Eddie Mayehoff), he "wouldn't make Fustigate practice annihilation he hasn't tried out" for himself, whether that ways shoot outs with cap guns in the streets of New York, or jewelry heists in the harbor. Ford'southward martini drinking lifestyle bubbles along gleefully until one unfortunate morning when he wakes upward married to the Italian sexpot who jumped out of a cake the previous unfortunate evening. His new bride (Virna Lisi) refuses divorce as a strict Roman Catholic, and annulment is out of the question since Ford has "sampled" married life, equally it were, so the ex-bachelor reluctantly accepts his fate. Naturally, married life soon takes a toll on Ford's comic strip with "Bash Brannigan, Secret Amanuensis" evolving into "The Brannigans", a strip about a married superhero. Ironically, the strip strikes a chord with women readers, becoming more pop than ever, just Ford feels he has lost control of his life. In frustration, he plots to eliminate Bash's wife, which he must act out in person before he can commit information technology to his comic strip. And now you know why the championship is chosen How To Murder Your Wife. The filming of How To Murder Your Wife was as manic and unpredictable as Ford'due south exploits in the movie. Doing his own stunts, Lemmon narrowly avoided being killed when a pipe he was swinging on bankrupt. As he plummeted toward the basis forth a fire escape, Lemmon saw a pipage sticking out from the building and " I threw out my arm and hooked it right at the elbow. Information technology stopped my descent and I just swung there like a pendulum." Far more dangerous was an incident involving his gorgeous co-star, Virna Lisi. Lemmon one time walked into Lisi's dressing room by fault, but to discover her standing stark naked in front of a full-length mirror. Lisi'southward husband, who was sitting in the corner, leaped up and lunged toward Lemmon. "I shot out the door like a bird...I don't know what [the husband] thought, but I wasn't nearly to stick around and find out," Lemmon afterward said. At the time of it's release, How To Murder Your Wife was praised for its clever screenplay and wicked sense of humor, but seen today the film could just as easily exist defendant of being misanthropic. Later on all, the men are all sexist pigs and the women are depicted as materialistic bubbleheads. And as for Ford's jokes about killing his spouse, remarks like that these days could just as easily finish upward with the police showing upwardly at your doorstep. But How To Murder Your Wife needs no apologies because right from the go-go it'southward clearly a farce and never meant to exist taken seriously. Audiences in the sixties were hip to that. Are you lot? Producer: George Axelrod, Gordon Carroll (executive producer) Director: Richard Quine Screenplay: George Axelrod Production Blueprint: Richard Sylbert Cinematography: Harry Stradling Costume Pattern: Moss Mabry Film Editing: David Wages Original Music: Neal Hefti Principal Cast: Jack Lemmon (Stanley Ford), Virna Lisi (Mrs. Ford), Eddie Mayehoff (Harold Lampson), Claire Trevor (Edna Lampson), Terry-Thomas (Charles), Jack Albertson (Md Bentley), Max Showalter (Tobey Rawlins). C-119m. Letterboxed. by Beak Goodman
George Axelrod, 1922-2003
George Axelrod, a writer whose precipitous, cunning satires of the 'l's and sixty's influenced the more wry, popular-culture sensibility of modern filmmakers, died June 21 of heart failure at his Los Angeles dwelling house. He was 81.
Built-in June nine, 1922, in New York Urban center to the son of the silent motion picture actress Betty Carpenter, he had an eventful babyhood in New York where, despite little formal instruction, he became an avaricious reader who hung effectually Broadway theaters. During World War Ii he served in the Regular army Signal Corps, then returned to New York, where in the belatedly 40's and early 50's he wrote for radio and television and published a critically praised novel, Ragamuffin'south Choice.
He scored big on Broadway in 1952 with The Seven Year Itch. The one-act, about a frustrated, center-aged human who takes reward of his family unit's absence over a sweltering New York summer to have an matter with a sexy neighbour, won a Tony Laurels for its star, Tom Ewell, and was considered daring for its time as it teased current sexual mores and conventions. The play was adapted into a motion-picture show in 1955 by Billy Wilder, as a vehicle for Marilyn Monroe, with Ewell reprising his role. Unfortunately, the censors and studio executives would non allow the hero to actually consummate the matter; instead, Ewell was seen merely daydreaming a few romantic scenes, a situation that left the playwright far from happy.
Even so, the success of The Seven Year Itch, opened the door for Axelrod equally a screenwriter. He did a fine adaptation of William Inge'due south play Bus Stop (1956) again starring Marilyn Monroe, and did a first-class job transferring Truman Capote'south lovely Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Although his relationship with the director Blake Edwards was rancorous at all-time, information technology did earn Axelrod his only Academy Laurels nomination.
And then frustrated with his work being and so heavily revised by Hollywood, that Axelrod decided to motion from New York to Los Angeles, where he could more closely monitor the treatment of his scripts. It was around this period that Axelrod adult some his best work since he began producing also every bit writing: the incisive, scorchingly destructive cold state of war thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962), based on Richard Condon's novel nearly an American Pow (Laurence Harvey) who returns habitation and is brainwashed to kill a powerful politician; the urbane one-act Paris When information technology Sizzles (1964) that showed off its stars William Holden and Audrey Hepburn at their sophisticated all-time; his directorial debut with the remarkable (if somewhat undisciplined) satire Lord Dearest a Duck (1966) that skewers many sacred institutions of American civilization (marriage, schoolhouse, wealth, stardom) and has since go a cult favorite for midnight movie lovers; and finally (his only other directorial endeavour) a gentle comedy of wish fulfillment The Undercover Life of an American Wife (1968) that gave Walter Matthau one of his virtually sympathetic roles.
Past the '70s, Axelrod retired quietly in Los Angeles. He returned to write one fine screenplay, John Mackenzie's slick political thriller The Quaternary Protocol (1987) starring Michael Caine. He is survived past his sons Peter, Steven, and Jonathan; a girl Nina; 7 grandchildren; and a sis, Connie Burdick.
by Michael T. Toole
George Axelrod, 1922-2003
George Axelrod, a author whose sharp, cunning satires of the '50'south and sixty's influenced the more wry, pop-culture sensibility of modern filmmakers, died June 21 of middle failure at his Los Angeles home. He was 81. Born June ix, 1922, in New York City to the son of the silent film actress Betty Carpenter, he had an eventful childhood in New York where, despite petty formal education, he became an avaricious reader who hung effectually Broadway theaters. During Globe War II he served in the Army Indicate Corps, then returned to New York, where in the late xl's and early 50's he wrote for radio and boob tube and published a critically praised novel, Ragamuffin's Selection. He scored big on Broadway in 1952 with The Seven Yr Itch. The comedy, near a frustrated, middle-anile man who takes advantage of his family unit's absence over a sweltering New York summer to accept an matter with a sexy neighbor, won a Tony Award for its star, Tom Ewell, and was considered daring for its fourth dimension as it teased current sexual mores and conventions. The play was adjusted into a moving picture in 1955 by Baton Wilder, as a vehicle for Marilyn Monroe, with Ewell reprising his office. Unfortunately, the censors and studio executives would not allow the hero to actually consummate the affair; instead, Ewell was seen simply daydreaming a few romantic scenes, a situation that left the playwright far from happy. Nevertheless, the success of The Seven Twelvemonth Crawling, opened the door for Axelrod equally a screenwriter. He did a fine adaptation of William Inge'due south play Jitney Stop (1956) again starring Marilyn Monroe, and did a splendid job transferring Truman Capote's lovely Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Although his human relationship with the director Blake Edwards was rancorous at all-time, it did earn Axelrod his only Academy Award nomination. So frustrated with his work being so heavily revised by Hollywood, that Axelrod decided to move from New York to Los Angeles, where he could more closely monitor the handling of his scripts. Information technology was around this catamenia that Axelrod developed some his all-time work since he began producing every bit well as writing: the incisive, scorchingly destructive cold war thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962), based on Richard Condon'south novel about an American Pow (Laurence Harvey) who returns home and is brainwashed to impale a powerful pol; the urbane comedy Paris When information technology Sizzles (1964) that showed off its stars William Holden and Audrey Hepburn at their sophisticated all-time; his directorial debut with the remarkable (if somewhat undisciplined) satire Lord Dearest a Duck (1966) that skewers many sacred institutions of American civilisation (spousal relationship, schoolhouse, wealth, stardom) and has since go a cult favorite for midnight film lovers; and finally (his but other directorial effort) a gentle comedy of wish fulfillment The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968) that gave Walter Matthau 1 of his nigh sympathetic roles. By the '70s, Axelrod retired quietly in Los Angeles. He returned to write one fine screenplay, John Mackenzie'due south slick political thriller The Fourth Protocol (1987) starring Michael Caine. He is survived by his sons Peter, Steven, and Jonathan; a daughter Nina; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Connie Burdick. by Michael T. Toole
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In the Italian version Virna Lisi'due south graphic symbol is Greek.
Notes
Filmed on location in New York Metropolis.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Wintertime January 1, 1965
Released in U.s. Winter January 1, 1965
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