40 Pounds of Trouble

40 Pounds of Trouble
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Norman Jewison
Produced by Stan Margulies
Screenplay by Marion Hargrove
Based on Little Miss Marker
by Damon Runyon
Starring Tony Curtis
Suzanne Pleshette
Larry Storch
Music by Mort Lindsey
Cinematography Joseph MacDonald
Edited by Marjorie Fowler
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
 31 December 1962 (US)
Running time
 106 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $2,750,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

40 Pounds of Trouble is a 1962 film directed by Norman Jewison that marks his directorial debut. The film was shot on location at Disneyland and Lake Tahoe.[2][3] It is a retelling of Damon Runyon's story Little Miss Marker.[4]

Plot

Tony Curtis plays a casino manager who must take care of an eight-year-old girl named Penny Piper (Claire Wilcox), which includes a trip to Disneyland.

Principal cast

Actor Role
Tony CurtisSteve McCluskey
Suzanne PleshetteChris Lockwood
Larry StorchFloyd
Howard MorrisJulius
Edward AndrewsHerman
Stubby KayeCranston
Warren StevensSwing
Kevin McCarthyLouie Blanchard
Phil SilversBernie "the Butcher" Friedman
Claire WilcoxPenelope "Penny" Piper

Critical reception

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times summed up the film:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
  2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057069/locations
  3. ↑ Gettell, Oliver (May 23, 2015). "'Tomorrowland' and 5 more Disneyland movies to mark the park's 60th". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 BOSLEY CROWTHER Special to The New York Times. (1963-01-24). "Movie Review - Sodoma e Gomorra - Screen: '40 Pounds of Trouble':Film Is Witless Remake of a Runyon Story Blunt Promotion, Thin Humor Fill Script 'Sodom and Gomorrah' - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.


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