The Adding Machine (film)
| The Adding Machine | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jerome Epstein |
| Produced by | Jerome Epstein |
| Written by |
Jerome Epstein Elmer Rice (play) |
| Starring |
Milo O'Shea Phyllis Diller Billie Whitelaw Sydney Chaplin Raymond Huntley |
| Music by |
Mike Leander Lambert Williamson |
| Cinematography |
Walter Lassally Ronnie Fox Rogers |
| Edited by | Gerry Hambling |
| Distributed by | Regional Film Distributors |
Release dates | 23 September 1969 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Budget | $500,000[1] |
The Adding Machine is a 1969 American-British fantasy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein. It is based on a stage production of the 1923 Elmer Rice play directed by Jerome Epstein in Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Plot summary
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a comptometer (a primitive adding machine) starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.[2]
Cast
- Milo O'Shea as Mr. Zero
- Phyllis Diller as Mrs. Zero
- Billie Whitelaw as Daisy Devore
- Sydney Chaplin as Lieutenant Charles
- Julian Glover as Shrdlu
- Raymond Huntley as Smithers
- Phil Brown as Don
- Paddie O'Neil as Mabel
- Libby Morris as Ethel
- Hugh McDermott as Harry
- Bill Nagy as Lawyer
- Carol Cleveland as Judy
- Bruce Boa as Detective
Reception
The movie (and the play) received a rather critical 1969 review from Roger Greenspun.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p346
- ↑ The Adding Machine at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Greenspun, Roger (24 September 1969). "The Adding Machine (1969)". The New York Times.
External links
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