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Mr. North

Year:

1988

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Danny Huston

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-07-22

Filming Locations: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Earnings

Gross: $1,221,366 (USA) Filming Dates 20 July 1987 Copyright Holder Heritage Entertainment, Inc. Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Mary Stuart Masterson

Anthony Edwards

Theophilus North

Robert Mitchum

Mr. Bosworth

Lauren Bacall

Mrs. Cranston

Harry Dean Stanton

Henry Simmons

Anjelica Huston

Persis Bosworth-Tennyson

Virginia Madsen

Sally Boffin

Tammy Grimes

Sarah Baily-Lewis

David Warner

Doctor McPherson

Hunter Carson

Galloper Skeel

Christopher Durang

YMCA Clerk

Mark Metcalf

Mr.Skeel

Katharine Houghton

Mrs. Skeel

Thomas H. Needham

The Judge

Richard Woods

Willis

Harriet Rogers

Tante Liselotte

Layla Summers

Nadia Denby

Lucas Hall

Joseph Denby

Thomas-Laurence Hand

Luther Denby

Linda Peterson

Mrs. Denby

Cleveland Amory

Mr. Danforth

Christopher Lawford

Michael Patrick Ennis III

Albert A. Conti

Arresting Officer

Ellen Hamilton Latzen

Ada

Katherine Wiatt

Eloise

Jason Adams

Johnny

Arthur Bowen

Claybourne Tantamount

Marietta Tree

Amanda Venable

Richard Kneeland

Buster Venable

Allegra Huston

Miss Welmore

Barbara Blossom

YMCA Visitor

Mara Clark

YMCA Visitor

Belle McDonald

YMCA Visitor

Bill L. McDonald

YMCA Visitor

John Heeney McKay

YMCA Visitor

William A. Lynch

Bartender (as William Lynch)

David Kennett

Patron in Billiard Parlor

Richard McElvain

Patron in Billiard Parlor

Richard Seguin

Patron in Billiard Parlor

Frank Dolan

Patron in Billiard Parlor

Richard Snee

Patron in Billiard Parlor (as Richard C. Snee)

Dick Durock

The Bouncer

Al Ruban

Court Clerk

Helen Gustafson

Courtroom Spectator

Ann Brennan

Courtroom Spectator

John Mulqueeney

Man on Porch #1

Martin H. Myers

Man on Porch #2

Geraldine LiBrandi

Nurse Chalmers

Jack McCullough

Warrant Officer

Arthur Skip Steloff

Mino Matera

Anna Severa

Rosa

Seth T. Walker

Runner #1

Helen A. Ksypka

Runner #2

Patrick Bohan

Boy with Hat (uncredited)

Michael Bruce

Working Man In Court Room (uncredited)

Scott J. Fisher

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Christopher Kinsella

Extra (uncredited)

James Donnell Quinn

Fairground Boy (uncredited)

Jerry Quinn

YMCA Visitor

Did you know?

Trivia

Robert Mitchum was cast at short notice as Mr. Bosworth because the original actor cast dropped out due to a serious illness.

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John Huston, who had long suffered from emphysema, personally asked Robert Mitchum to take his part in this film after he was hospitalized with pneumonia. Mitchum filmed the role during a break from War and Remembrance (1988).

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The "original actor" cast in the role of Mr. Bosworth was John Huston, father of the director (Danny Huston) and one of the female leads (Anjelica Huston).

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Goofs

In the courtroom scene, the water pitcher on the judge's bench is a commercial foodservice type made of polycarbonate plastic, a material only first made in 1953.

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The Cole Porter song "You Do Something to Me" was prominently featured at the end of the film, including being played and sung by the band at the ball. The film was set in 1926, but Cole Porter did not publish this song until 1929.

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During the time-period of this movie, the Newport Casino did not have a tennis court located where it is shown in the movie. It was merely an open lawn.

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Quotes

Theophilus North: Madam, I suggest that you encourage your children to play with matches!

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