Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Year:
Duration:
USA:107 min
Genres:
Comedy | Musical
IMDB rate:
4.8
Director:
Anthony Newley
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1970-07-17
Filming Locations: Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Anthony Newley
Heironymus Merkin
Joan Collins
Polyester Poontang
Alexander Newley
Thaxted
Tara Newley
Thumbelina
Milton Berle
Goodtime Eddie Filth
Connie Kreski
Mercy Humppe
George Jessel
The Presence
Bruce Forsyth
Uncle Limelight
Patricia Hayes
Grandma
Stubby Kaye
Fat Writer
Ronald Rubin
Skinny Writer
Louis Negin
Producer Peter
Tom Stern
Producer Ron
Ronald Radd
Critic Bentley
Rosalind Knight
Critic Penelope
Victor Spinetti
Critic Sharpnose
Julian Orchard
Red Cardinal
Desmond Walter-Ellis
Philip Bluster
Bernard Stone
Icicle Ike
Yolanda
Trampolena Whambang
Sally Douglas
Automation Bunny
Roy Desmond
The Mask
Lynda Baron
Baby Boobala Salesgirl (uncredited)
Joyce Blair
Oat-O-Rinos Girl (uncredited)
Bruce Boa
Car Salesman (uncredited)
Robin Bullivant
Oat-O-Rinos Teenager (uncredited)
Berry Cornish
Fran (uncredited)
Gilly Grant
Miss Maidenhead Fern (uncredited)
Isobel Hurll
Marge (uncredited)
Robert Hutton
Insurance Agent (uncredited)
Laurie Leigh
Toothpaste Mother (uncredited)
Aleta Morrison
Harriet (uncredited)
Eve Pearce
Floor Wax Housewife (uncredited)
John Poore
Toothpaste Teenager (uncredited)
Margo Segrave
Miss Hope Climax (uncredited)
Sue Shepherd
Miss Quiche Lorraine (uncredited)
Muriel Young
Liz Harper (uncredited)
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Trivia
The President of the United States played by Peter Sellers in Stanley Kubrick's satire _Dr. Strangelove (1964)_ was named Merkin Muffley. In 1963, Sellers, Anthony Newley and Joan Collins released a satirical record, "Fool Britannia!", lampooning the Profumo Scandal that had rocked the U.K. (Secretary of State for War John Profumo, a member of the Privy Council, had resigned after lying to the House of Commons about his affair with show girl Christine Keeler, the mistress of a Soviet spy. The Profumo Affair was the subject of the 1989 British film Scandal (1989).) The comedy record, based on improvisational skits written by Newley and Leslie Bricusse, reached #10 on the British album chart in October 1963. In naming the protagonist of his autobiographical movie Merkin, Newley likely was inspired by the name of Sellers's character.
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Joan Collins said that this film contributed to the decline of her marriage to Anthony Newley.
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According to all references on the soundtrack LP, as well as the film posters, the correct spelling of the title is "Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness" - that is, with the E before the I, contrary to the standard spelling of Hieronymus.
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Goofs
The color of Thumbelina's ice-cream cone changes between brown and white and pink.
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Quotes
Hieronymous Merkin: Why couldn't we get Ingmar Bergman to direct this thing? His films never have an end. As a matter of fact, most of them don't even have a beginning!
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Goodtime Eddie Filth: Definitely Hall of Flame material.
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Fat Writer: We had to cut the part out where you go to prison. We just couldn't get a song out of it.
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Photos from cast
Judy Cornwell Margaret Nolan
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