A Talent for Loving (film)

A Talent for Loving
Directed byRichard Quine
Written byRichard Condon (screenplay)
Based onA Talent for Loving by Richard Condon
Produced byWalter Shenson
StarringRichard Widmark
Chaim Topol
Cesar Romero
CinematographyClifford Stine
Edited byEric Boyd-Perkins
Music byKen Thorne
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 1969 (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]

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

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.