A Talent for Loving (film)

A Talent for Loving
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 by	Eric Boyd-Perkins
Music by	Ken Thorne
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	1969;
Running time	110 min.
Countries	United Kingdom ; United States
Language	English

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

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

External links

A Talent for Loving at IMDb

[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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