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Grace Quigley (also titled The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley) is a 1985 American black comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte, produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan and directed by Anthony Harvey.
- $5 million
May 17, 1985 · Grace Quigley. Grace Quigley, living alone in her New York apartment, is nearing the end of her life. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hitman Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail him into killing her. However, she has one or two friends she wants him to get rid of first.
- (854)
- Comedy
- Anthony Harvey
- 1985-05-17
Movie Info. Grateful oldsters pay a spry widow (Katharine Hepburn) to be put out of their misery by her hit-man associate (Nick Nolte). Rating: PG. Genre: Comedy. Original Language: English.
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- Anthony Harvey
- PG
- Katharine Hepburn
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The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley. When an aging but spry Grace Quigley (Katharine Hepburn) accidentally witnesses the contract killing of her lousy landlord, she is both shocked and pleased. She hides in the back seat of a nearby Cadillac. The killer, Seymour Flint (Nick Nolte) owns the car!
May 17, 1985 · Screenwriter A. Martin Zweibeck withdrew the film, recut it to his satisfaction, and reissued it as The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley. Though this version was a marked improvement over the original, the film was still not quite the Harold and Maude-like "cult favorite" that everyone hoped it would be. Characteristics. Themes.
Jan 1, 1984 · By Variety Staff. In this black comedy dealing with voluntary euthanasia by the Geritol set, casting Katharine Hepburn as the spry, entrepreneurial mother figure who arranges for her peers ...
Grace Quigley (Katherine Hepburn), an elderly woman, witnesses a hit man, Seymour Flint (Nick Nolte), in action. She finds that he has dropped his wallet and learns his identity. She then blackmails him into killing her, since she is elderly and has no reason to live but lacks the courage to take her own life.