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Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 American comedy-drama film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov, who stars in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Beau Bridges. [1]
May 12, 1972 · Hammersmith Is Out: Directed by Peter Ustinov. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges. The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor (Sir Peter Ustinov) of dubious sanity.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Peter Ustinov
- 1972-05-12
A comedy drama film based on the Faust legend, starring Peter Ustinov, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Beau Bridges. The film follows a madman's plot to escape from a hospital with the help of an orderly.
- Peter Ustinov, Newton Arnold
- Elizabeth Taylor
A movie about Elizabeth Taylor as a waitress who bears the devil's child, played by Richard Burton, and the deal he makes with a dumb kid. Roger Ebert praises the film's humor, fantasy and risks, and compares it to a Faustian tale.
An asylum doctor (Peter Ustinov) tracks a devilish inmate (Richard Burton) who schemes with a waitress (Elizabeth Taylor) and a male nurse.
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- Peter Ustinov
- R
- Comedy
Synopsis. At an asylum for the criminally insane in Texas, inmate Hammersmith (Richard Burton) resides in a locked cell, studiously avoided by the staff, who fear his oddly powerful allure. When dimwitted Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges) is hired as an orderly, however, he is seduced by Hammersmith's promise of wealth and strength and agrees to ...
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape. Peter Ustinov. Director. Stanford Whitmore. Writer.
