Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)

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This uneven black comedy went into production as My Last Duchess. It then went through three title changes, representing, in the words of historian Leslie Halliwell, "a descending order of wit": Arrividerci, Baby, Drop Dead, Darling, and You Just Kill Me! Tony Curtis plays a charming contemporary… More This uneven black comedy went into production as My Last Duchess. It then went through three title changes, representing, in the words of historian Leslie Halliwell, "a descending order of wit": Arrividerci, Baby, Drop Dead, Darling, and You Just Kill Me! Tony Curtis plays a charming contemporary Bluebeard who murders a succession of wives in order to fatten his bank account. At the beginning of the film, the 42-year-old Curtis, decked out in Buster Browns, does in his own stepmother. The remaining murders alternate between moderately amusing and just plain silly; our favorite scene is the disposal of Zsa Zsa Gabor, but that's just on basic principles. Curtis finally meets his match in a much-married widow who plots his demise (a plot point which, incidentally, was planned and abandoned for Chaplin's far superior Monsieur Verdoux). Director Ken Hughes and Ronald Harwood based their screenplay upon the Richard Deming novel The Careful Man. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Ken Hughes
Genres: Drama, Comedy

On DVD: Feb 24, 1993

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Cast

            Tony Curtis as Nick Johnson

            Rosanna Schiaffino as Francesca

            Lionel Jeffries as Parker

            Zsa Zsa Gabor as Gigi

            Nancy Kwan as Baby

            Fenella Fielding as Lady Fenella Fawcett

            Anna Quayle as Aunt Miriam

            Warren Mitchell as Conte de Rienzi/Maximilian

            Mischa Auer as Romeo

            Noel Purcell as Daniel O'Flannery

            Alan Gifford as American Brasshat

            Joseph Fürst as German Brasshat

            Monte de Lyle as Butler

            Bernard Spear as French Inspector

            Eileen Way as Italian Dressmaker

            Bruno Barnabe as Head Waiter

            Gabor Baraker as Gypsy Baron

            Eunice Blalck as Matron

            John Brandon as Radio Engineer

            Windsor Davies as Radio Engineer

            Franco Derosa as Romano

            John Fordyce as Boy in Orphanage

            Henry Vidon as Priest

            Raymond Young as Photographer

            Jacqueline Bisset
            
            Miki Iveria as Second Maid
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