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What a Way to Go!

Year:

1964

Duration:

111 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1964-05-12

Filming Locations: Stage 9, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Gross: $13,298,000 (USA)$19,816,200 (worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Lynn Borden

Shirley MacLaine

Louisa May Foster

Paul Newman

Larry Flint

Robert Mitchum

Rod Anderson, Jr.

Dean Martin

Leonard 'Lennie' Crawley

Gene Kelly

Pinky Benson

Robert Cummings

Dr. Victor Stephanson (as Bob Cummings)

Dick Van Dyke

Edgar Hopper

Reginald Gardiner

Painter

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Foster

Lou Nova

Trentino

Fifi D'Orsay

Baroness

Maurice Marsac

Rene

Wally Vernon

Agent

Jane Wald

Polly

Lenny Kent

Hollywood Lawyer

Fred Aldrich

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Army Archerd

TV Announcer (uncredited)

Anton Arnold

Mr. Foster (uncredited)

Phil Arnold

Publicity and Press Agent (uncredited)

Mark Bailey

Private Airline Pilot (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. Freeman

Nesdon Booth

Minor Role (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Minor Role (uncredited)

Barbara Bouchet

Girl on Plane (uncredited)

John Cliff

Waiter (uncredited)

Christopher Connelly

Ned (uncredited)

Tom Conway

Lord Kensington (uncredited)

William Corcoran

Leonard Crawley Jr. - Age 7 (uncredited)

Carol Daniels

Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille

Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

Anthony Eustrel

Willard (uncredited)

Pamelyn Ferdin

Geraldine Crawley - Age 4 (uncredited)

Jeff Fithian

Jonathan Crawley - Age 5 (uncredited)

Jacques Foti

Policeman (uncredited)

Milton Frome

Lawyer (uncredited)

Teri Garr

Dancer in Shipboard Number (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Minister (uncredited)

Sid Gould

Movie Executive (uncredited)

Joe Gray

Patron (uncredited)

Jack Greening

Chester (uncredited)

Arlene Harris

Older Woman in Club Audience (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

Marcel Hillaire

French Lawyer (uncredited)

Paula Lane

Movie Executive's Girl (uncredited)

Queenie Leonard

Lady Kensington (uncredited)

Burt Mustin

Crawleyville Lawyer (uncredited)

Patrick O'Moore

Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

Cleo Ronson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Myrna Ross

Party Girl at Ron Anderson's 'Orgy' (uncredited)

Jack Shea

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Justin Smith

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dick Wilson

Driscoll (uncredited)

Helene Winston

Doris (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The set used as Luisa and Pinky Benson's Hollywood mansion was originally used as the home for the Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin characters in the unfinished film "Something's Got To Give".

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Fred MacMurray was originally announced to play a sixth husband, a role cut from script before shooting began.

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There is a running gag that Paul Newman's character is a starving painter. In every scene he is eating something.

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Goofs

Near the end of the movie Shirley MacLaine and Bob Cummings are on a couch which rises high into the air. In a medium shot there is a white lampshade in the background that is below his shoulder. In a following medium shot the bottom of the shade is bout 8 inches above his shoulder. In the next long shot the top of the shade is at least a foot below the bottom of the couch, a difference of about 4 feet between shots.

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Shirley MacLaine is clearly hit by one of the robotic paint brushes in the painting sequence with husband #2 Paul Newman. She is in the background walking after him amongst the animated brushes, but keeps the scene going after the contraption hits her in the head. It is kept in the finished film.

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When Louisa joins Rod Anderson on the flight deck of the airplane, it obviously is not one of a 707, as the exterior shots establish. There is no flight engineer position, and the control yokes appear to be from a Douglas airplane. In addition, there are a number of instruments behind the pilot's position.

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Quotes

Rod Anderson, Jr.: What are you doing after the orgy?

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Larry Flint: The Louvre - It's the garbage pail of the arts.

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