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'Drop Dead Darling' (US title: 'Arrivederci, Baby!') is a 1966 British-American black comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries and Zsa Zsa Gabor.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114183002/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61436 BFI.org]

Plot



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

Cast



* Tony Curtis ... Nick Johnson

* Rosanna Schiaffino ... Francesca

* Lionel Jeffries ... Parker

* Zsa Zsa Gabor ... Gigi

* Nancy Kwan ... Baby

* Fenella Fielding ... Fenella

* Anna Quayle ... Aunt Miriam

* Warren Mitchell ... Conte de Rienz / Maximillian

* Mischa Auer ... Romeo

* Noel Purcell ... Capt. O'Flannery

* Alan Gifford ... American Brasshat

* Joseph Furst ... German Brasshat

* Monti DeLyle ... Butler

* Bernard Spear ... French Inspector

* Eileen Way ... Italian Dressmaker

* Bruno Barnabe ... Head Waiter

* Gbor Baraker ... Gypsy Baron

* Tony Baron ... Baby's Boyfriend

* Eunice Black ... Matron

* John Brandon ... Radio Engineer

* Windsor Davies ... Radio Engineer

* Franco De Rosa ... Romano

* John Fordyce ... Boy in Orphanage

* Yole Marinelli ... First Maid

* Miki Iveria ... Second Maid

* Henri Vidon ... Priest

* Raymond Young ... Photographer

* Jacqueline Bisset ... Dancer

Production



The film was also known as 'You Just Kill Me', 'You're Dead Right', 'My Last Duchess', and 'The Careful Man'.Movie Title's Right Where You Come In

The Washington Post and Times-Herald 3 Dec 1965: B11.


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.LOGAN'S 'CAREFUL MAN'--'L'ENCLOS'--AMBLER

By A.H. WEILER. New York Times 20 May 1962: X7.
It was described as a suspense melodrama.Is French Riviera a Location Threat?: Mare Nostrum for Pacific; Seattle Claims Best Films

Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 23 May 1962: C13.


In July 1962 Seven Arts announced 'The Careful Man' would be one of 20 films it would make with MGM.M-G-M AND 7 ARTS TO JOIN ON FILMS: 20 Projects and Broadway Ventures Are Planned

New York Times 16 July 1962: 18.


Filming started in August 1965 under the title 'You Just Kill Me' with Ken Hughes as a director and Tony Curtis as star.Looking at Hollywood: Stark Gets Big Cast for 'Paris Burning'

Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Tribune 30 July 1965: b11.
Curtis said he took the job "because of the excellent script by Ken Hughes."Curtis p 400 Zsa Zsa Gabor's casting was announced in October.Martin Ransohoff Acquires Novel Before Publication

Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 26 Oct 1965: c9.
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 p 400

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."Curtis p 403

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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