Marry me crook!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Marry me crook! |
| Original title | The Confession Quick, Let's Get Married Seven Different Ways |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Dieterle |
| script | Allan Scott |
| production | William Marshall |
| music | Michael Colicchio |
| camera | Robert J. Bronner |
| cut | Carl Lerner |
| occupation | |
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Marry me crook! is a 1964 film amusement game by William Dieterle , whose last cinema production this was. Ginger Rogers , whose husband William Marshall produced the film, and Ray Milland play the leading roles . At the premiere, the film turned out to be "a total disaster and was withdrawn from cinemas after a very short time."
action
Somewhere in a picturesque place called Tolino in southern Italy. Here the whore Pia Pacelli, who works for Madame Rinaldi, goes about her horizontal work. When she discovered one day that she had accidentally become pregnant, she prays to the statue of Saint Joseph in the ruins of the village church and asks for help. Apparently the prostitute is heard because the saint seems to be speaking to her and even gives Pia some gold coins. In truth, however, an older thief named Mario Forni is behind this "miracle". He's bought a treasure map and is after a treasure of gold that is supposedly hidden directly behind the altar.
In order to get rid of Pia as quickly as possible, Mario pretends to be this miracle with the gold pieces, but now the exact opposite of what he intended is happening: the "miracle" gets around quickly and it comes to you in the little church Crowds caused by the villagers, which increasingly disrupts and undermines Mario's excavations. Everyone now asks Saint Joseph, who obviously actually seems to be speaking to the poor little sinners, and asks for help or even forgiveness. Finally, as a result of an earthquake, the statue crumbles and reveals the gold treasure for all to see: Saint Joseph has “spoken” and a “miracle” has happened that even made the dumb people of the village speak again.
Production notes and trivia
Marry me crook! was created from April 1 to May 14, 1964 in Jamaica , where the studio was also located with the Marshall Productions Studio Kingston. The film was started by Victor Stoloff . After he was dismissed by producer William Marshall , who was also Ginger Rogers ' husband , Dieterle completed the work.
The hardly noticed premiere took place in 1965 at an unknown location. In 1965 a television version appeared under the title Quick, Let's Get Married . In 1971, the strip was released in the USA with the new distribution title Seven Different Ways . This strip was never released in German cinemas and was first broadcast on German television on April 14, 2001 (on 3Sat).
Elliott Gould made his debut here as a silent villager in a movie, the actors Barbara Eden (as a prostitute in need) and Michael Ansara (as the corrupt but repentant mayor) were actually married to each other.
There was a reunion here for the leading actors Rogers and Milland; both stars had already taken on the leading roles in Billy Wilder's first Hollywood director The Major and the Girl in 1942 .
Reviews
The judgments were devastating. Here are three examples:
The Movie & Video Guide wrote: “It's easy to understand why this dud was gathering dust in the filing for so long”.
Halliwell's Film Guide said: "Downright weird mishmash that wastes interesting stars".
"A totally unsuccessful comedy."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of films , Volume 2, p. 391. Berlin 2001
- ^ Wilhelm (William) Dieterle - actor, director . In: CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg. 22, F 46 f.
- ^ Leonard Maltin : Movie & Video Guide, 1996 edition, p. 1057
- ^ Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 829
- ↑ Marry me, crook! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 20, 2018 .
Web links
- Marry me crook! in the Internet Movie Database (English)