The Troublemaker (1964 film)

The Troublemaker
Directed by Theodore J. Flicker
Produced by Robert Gaffney
Written by Theodore J. Flicker
Buck Henry
Story by Buck Henry
Starring Tom Aldredge
Joan Darling
Music by Cy Coleman
Cinematography Gayne Rescher
Edited by William Austin
John McManus
Production
company
Ozymandias
Seneca Productions
Distributed by Janus Films
Release dates
  • June 22, 1964 (1964-06-22)
Running time
80 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Troublemaker is a 1964 film directed by Theodore J. Flicker. The script was co-written by him and Buck Henry, and they both had roles in the film. The humor was based on The Premise, a Greenwich Village based comedy troupe.[1]

Premise

A young, naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee shop.

Principal cast

Actor Role
Tom Aldredge Jack Armstrong
Joan Darling Denver James
James Frawley Sal Kelly / Sol Kelly / Judge Kelly
Theodore J. Flicker Mr. Big
Buck Henry T. R. Kingston
Godfrey Cambridge F.I.

Critical reception

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review.

In a manner that bears some resemblance to intelligent reasoning some times, and at other times to the manifestation of sheer insanity, the people who made The Premise a Greenwich Village hit are trying to make a motion picture bear a reasonable resemblance to one. And the consequence of their strange endeavor is that sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. The Troublemaker achieves the dubious triumph of being a troublesome film.[2]

References

  1. Brennan, Sandra. "The Troublemaker > Overview". AllMovie. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  2. Crowther, Bosley (1964-06-23). "Original ''New York Times'' review". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
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