A Talent for Loving is a 1969 British-American comedy Western film directed by Richard Quine and starring Richard Widmark, Chaim Topol, and Cesar Romero. It is based on the 1961 parodic Western novel A Talent for Loving, or The Great Cowboy Race by Richard Condon, who also wrote the screenplay. The home video version of the film (Simitar Entertainment) is re-titled Gun Crazy and has been edited to 95 minutes.[1]
A Talent for Loving | |
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Directed by | Richard Quine |
Written by | Richard Condon (screenplay) |
Based on | A Talent for Loving by Richard Condon |
Produced by | Walter Shenson |
Starring | Richard Widmark Chaim Topol Cesar Romero |
Music by | Ken Thorne |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 1969 |
Running time | 110 min. |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
In December 1965, Walter Shenson offered A Talent for Loving to Brian Epstein as a film vehicle for The Beatles, and it was rejected unanimously.[citation needed]
A gambler named Patten wins the deed to a Mexican ranch, but finds a curse has been placed on the place. Don Jose must marry off his beautiful, nymphomaniacal daughter to permanently free her of the curse.
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