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Director:
Writers:
Abram S. Ginnes (writer)
Ben Hecht (novel)
Release Date:
23 March 1970 (Denmark) more
Tagline:
The movie of a 19-year-old who went to town-- who went to TOWN! more
Plot:
To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Uninvolving comedy about innocence lost. more (5 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Beau Bridges | ... | Ben Harvey |
 | Melina Mercouri | ... | Lil |
| Brian Keith | ... | Sullivan |
| George Kennedy | ... | Johanson |
 | Hume Cronyn | ... | Grogan |
 | Margot Kidder | ... | Adeline |
| Roy Poole | ... | Dunne |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | The Governor |
| Melodie Johnson | ... | Lilah |
 | John Randolph | ... | Father |
| Charles Tyner | ... | Dr. Lazarus |
| Joan Huntington | ... | Kitty |
| Merie Earle | ... | Granny |
| Claudia Bryar | ... | Mother |
| Eric Shea | ... | Younger Brother |
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Also Known As:
Chicago, Chicago (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for brief nudity/sexual content. (2006 re-rating)
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Runtime:
107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (2006 re-rating) | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | USA:M
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Quotes:
Ben Harvey: It all sex and money! Sex and money! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
There's Enough to Go Around more
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Production values on this bit of fluff are stellar (it earned Oscar noms for Art Direction, Costume Design and Sound), but it is a curiously uninvolving comedy based on Ben Hecht's 1910 Chicago memoirs. Beau Bridges plays Ben with an innocence bordering on terminal stupidity. He becomes annoying after a short while. Mercouri's Madam Lil has potential but the role is not developed. After lumbering along for over an hour, it becomes a "chase" movie with corrupt politicians chasing after Ben thinking he possesses a little black book naming them all. This is one of those films that LOOKS wonderful but a few months after you see it, you can hardly remember a thing about it. Notable as Bridges and Kidder's first film.