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Overview

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5.3/10   125 votes
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Director:
Norman Jewison
Writers:
Abram S. Ginnes (writer)
Ben Hecht (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 March 1970 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy 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
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Uninvolving comedy about innocence lost. more

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chicago, Chicago (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for brief nudity/sexual content. (2006 re-rating)
Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R (2006 re-rating) | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | USA:M
Filming Locations:
Dubuque, Iowa, USA more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Francis X. Sullivan: Ahh, he's stone cold dead. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Tomorrow Is My Friend more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Uninvolving comedy about innocence lost., 25 February 2000
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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.

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