Bedtime Story (King of the Mountain) (1963)
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An exercise in "black humor" bordering on the tasteless, Bedtime Story stars Marlon Brando and David Niven as a pair of womanizing confidence tricksters, operating up and down the Riviera. Pooling their talents, Brando and Niven pull off several scams, many of these requiring Brando to… More An exercise in "black humor" bordering on the tasteless, Bedtime Story stars Marlon Brando and David Niven as a pair of womanizing confidence tricksters, operating up and down the Riviera. Pooling their talents, Brando and Niven pull off several scams, many of these requiring Brando to pose as a mental or physical defective. Their current "mark" is soap heiress Shirley Jones, who isn't quite as gullible as she seems. The film's highlights-or low points, depending on one's point of view-feature Brando pretending to be a mentally challenged man with a Napoleon complex, and a paraplegic who is "cured" by Jones' love (remember that this is the same actor who so sensitively portrayed a genuine paraplegic in The Men). Created by the same folks who brought you such TV favorites as Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies, Bedtime Story was remade in 1988 as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with Steve Martin, Michael Caine, and Glenne Headley in the roles originally filled by Brando, Niven and Jones. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ralph Levy
- Written By
- Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 21, 1964 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 12, 1994
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Marlon Brando
as Freddy Benson
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David Niven
as Lawrence Jameson
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Shirley Jones
as Janet
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Dody Goodman
as Fanny Eubank
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Aram Stephan
as Andre
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Marie Windsor
as Mrs. Sutton
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Parley Baer
as Col. Williams
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Rebecca Sand
as Miss Trumble
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Frances Robinson
as Miss Harrington
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Henry Slate
as Sattler
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Norman Alden
as Dubin
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Susanne Cramer
as Anna
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Cynthia Lynn
as Frieda
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Ilse Taurins
as Hilda
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Francine York
as Gina
