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The Ritz
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Overview

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7.7/10   954 votes
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Director:
Richard Lester
Writers:
Terrence McNally (play)
Terrence McNally (writer)
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Release Date:
26 December 1976 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
...your key to hilarity. more
Plot:
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Very Funny more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jack Weston ... Gaetano Proclo

Rita Moreno ... Googie Gomez

Jerry Stiller ... Carmine Vespucci
Kaye Ballard ... Vivian Proclo

F. Murray Abraham ... Chris
Paul B. Price ... Claude Perkins

Treat Williams ... Michael Brick
John Everson ... Tiger
Christopher J. Brown ... Duff
Dave King ... Abe Lefkowitz
Bessie Love ... Maurine
Tony De Santis ... Balloon Man
Ben Aris ... Patron With Bicycle
Peter Butterworth ... Patron In Chaps
Ronnie Brody ... Small Patron
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
F. Murray Abraham, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Jack Weston and Paul B. Price play the roles they created in the original Broadway production. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Carmine first calls Claude from backstage, Claude's wig is pulled forward. When he says, "Fashionable," the wig is far back on his head in the close-up. When it returns to the long shot, the wig is forward again. more
Quotes:
Patron With Cigar: Crisco.
Gaetano Proclo: What?
Patron With Cigar: Crisco Oil Party. Room 419. Pass it on.
Gaetano Proclo: Pass what on?
Patron With Cigar: Bring Joey.
Gaetano Proclo: Who's Joey?
Patron With Cigar: You know Joey. Don't bring Chuck. You've got that?
Gaetano Proclo: Crisco Oil Party. Room 419. I can bring Joey but not Chuck.
Patron With Cigar: Check.
Gaetano Proclo: What's the matter with Chuck?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The Three Caballeros more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Very Funny, 8 September 2001
8/10
Author: butchM from Boston

A comic reflection of a time period sure not to return. Moreno is hysterical as are Ballard and Weston. Definitely worth watching and good for many laughs. There is also a certain melancholy to it now given what came of these bathhouses and their denizens. For those who lived through this it certainly triggers some memories.

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