Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Original title: The Loved One
Alternative titles: Il caro estinto (Italy), O Ente Querido (Brazil), Los seres queridos (Spain), Tod in Hollywood (Germany), Незабвенная (Russia)
Director: Tony Richardson
Writers: Terry Southern, Christopher Isherwood; based on Evelyn Waugh’s novel The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy
Main cast:
Robert Morse – Dennis Barlow
Jonathan Winters – Reverend Wilbur Glenworthy / Harry Glenworthy
Anjanette Comer – Aimee Thanatogenos
Rod Steiger – Mr. Joyboy
John Gielgud – Sir Francis Hinsley
Dana Andrews – General Buck Brinkman
Liberace – Mr. Starker (casket salesman)
Roddy McDowall – D.J. Jr.
Robert Morley – Sir Ambrose Abercrombie
Paul Williams – Gunther Fry (debut role)
Genres: Black comedy, satire
Release date: October 11, 1965 (USA)
Filming locations: Primarily Los Angeles, including Hollywood, Beverly Hills
