''Drop Dead Darling'' (US title: ''Arrivederci, Baby!'') is a 1966 British-American

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directed by

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and starring

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and

Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor (, ; born Sári Gábor ; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were actresses Eva and Magda Gabor. Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where she ...

Plot

A man goes around marrying wealthy women, and then murdering them. However, his third wife has married him with similar intentions.

Cast

... Nick Johnson *

... Francesca *

... Parker *

... Gigi *

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... Baby *

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... Fenella *

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... Aunt Miriam *

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... Conte de Rienz / Maximillian * Mischa Auer ... Romeo * Noel Purcell ... Capt. O'Flannery *

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... American Brasshat * Joseph Furst ... German Brasshat * Monti DeLyle ... Butler *

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... French Inspector *

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... Italian Dressmaker * Bruno Barnabe ... Head Waiter * Gábor Baraker ... Gypsy Baron * Tony Baron ... Baby's Boyfriend * Eunice Black ... Matron * John Brandon ... Radio Engineer * Windsor Davies ... Radio Engineer *

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... Romano * John Fordyce ... Boy in Orphanage * Yole Marinelli ... First Maid * Miki Iveria ... Second Maid * Henri Vidon ... Priest * Raymond Young ... Photographer *

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... Dancer

Production

The film was also known as ''You Just Kill Me'', ''You're Dead Right'', ''My Last Duchess'', and ''The Careful Man''. In May 1962 Joshua Logan announced he would make a film about a wife killer called ''The Careful Man'' based on a Edmund Morris from an original story by Max Franklin. The film would be done with Seven Arts Pictures and Logan would produce and direct. It was described as a suspense melodrama. In July 1962 Seven Arts announced ''The Careful Man'' would be one of 20 films it would make with MGM. Filming started in August 1965 under the title ''You Just Kill Me'' with Ken Hughes as a director and Tony Curtis as star. Curtis said he took the job "because of the excellent script by Ken Hughes." Zsa Zsa Gabor's casting was announced in October. Filming took place in London at Shepperton Studios and in Cannes. Curtis said he was romantically interested in all his leading ladies but did not have affairs with any. Curtis later said "the problem with the picture was that it was disjointed. The individual scenes were funny but the production company couldn't figure out a way to link them all together."

Reception

The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "cleverly sketched".Tony Curtis in Role of Lady Killer Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 30 Dec 1966: C6. ''Filmink'' called it "a frantic farce".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drop Dead Darling 1966 films American crime comedy films British crime comedy films Films directed by Ken Hughes 1960s crime comedy films Paramount Pictures films 1967 comedy films 1967 films 1966 comedy films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films 1960s British films