What a Way to Go! (1964)

NR07/31/1964Comedy, Romance1h 51m
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Overview

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Shirley MacLaine

    Louisa May Foster

  2. Cast 1

    Paul Newman

    Larry Flint

  3. Cast 1

    Robert Mitchum

    Rod Anderson Jr.

  4. Cast 1

    Dean Martin

    Leonard Crawley

  5. Cast 1

    Gene Kelly

    Pinky Benson

  6. Cast 1

    Robert Cummings

    Dr. Victor Stephanson

  7. Cast 1

    Dick Van Dyke

    Edgar Hopper

  8. Cast 1

    Reginald Gardiner

    Painter

  9. Cast 1

    Margaret Dumont

    Mrs. Foster

I recall a time when I saw Joan Collins in "Dynasty" (c. 1983) and her character was called "Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter"... I had never known a lady to keep the names of all of her husbands one after the other. Well, Shirley MacLaine beat her to it - by about 20 years - as her portrayal of "Louisa May Foster Hopper Flint Anderson Benson". The film begins as an elegantly dressed woman tries to give the IRS a cheque for a couple of hundred million dollars. They think she is bonkers and refer her to a shrink to whom she reminisces about her hitherto marital relationships. Dean Martin in the f...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$20,000,000.00

Revenue $13,298,000.00

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