Bedazzled (1967)

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writers:

Peter Cook (story) and
Dudley Moore (story) ...

Release Date:

10 December 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their first starring comedy! [UK}

Plot:

Stanley is a short order cook, infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works at Whimpy Burger with him...

Plot Keywords:

Seven Deadly Sins | Cook | Soul | Devil | Waitress

Cast

Peter Cook	...	George Spiggott / The Devil
Dudley Moore	...	Stanley Moon
Eleanor Bron	...	Margaret
Raquel Welch	...	Lust / Lilian Lust
Alba	...	Vanity
Robert Russell	...	Anger
Barry Humphries	...	Envy
Parnell McGarry	...	Gluttony
Danièle Noël	...	Avarice (as Daniele Noel)
Howard Goorney	...	Sloth
Michael Bates	...	Inspector Clarke
Bernard Spear	...	Irving Moses
Robin Hawdon	...	Randolph - Harp Teacher
Michael Trubshawe	...	Lord Dowdy
Evelyn Moore	...	Mrs. Wisby

Also Known As:

Stanley Donen's Bedazzled (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:16 | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:Approved | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

BT Tower, 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK

Company:

Stanley Donen Films

Trivia:

Dudley Moore adopted the moniker Stanley Moon in this film after John Gielgud wrote him a letter of introduction because he was impressed with Moore's work in the stage revue "Beyond the Fringe". Gielgud obliviously referred to Moore as Stanley Moon in the letter, and an amused Moore adopted the name as an alter ego for the rest of his life. After they worked on Arthur (1981) and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) together, Gielgud good-naturedly said that he "got to know Stanley Moon rather well."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Stanley uses a sock to plug a leaking pipe only to have it fall back out, the sock is obviously pulled out of the pipe by an off camera hand.

Quotes:

George Spiggott: Just putting a tiny little ventilation hole in this oil tanker.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Does the devil bear the face of Peter Cook?!

This is one of my personal favorites. Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore), a down-and-out Londoner who has a miserable job at the local Wimpy Burgers and has the hots for a beautiful waitress named Margaret Spencer, tries to hang himself, but then the Devil has to come in and save him. The Devil (played by Peter Cook) isn't all red and horned, but dressed in a nice tuxedo and wears Ray-Bans. He is interested in Stanley for the sole fact that George (the name he goes by) made a deal with God to get a hundred billion souls first before the other. In exchange for his soul, Stanley gets seven wishes, and of course George has to twist them all into nightmares, just for a cheap laugh. ("You just left me one little loophole. I had to take advantage of it, doctor's orders!") One of my favorite scenes is where Stanley and George are passing by as police officers, and with the snap of George's fingers parking meters expire, old ladies' grocery bags tear apart, and fires start in trash bins. Definitely a good movie if it's rainy outside, and you're all depressed -- it'll lift you up in no time!