Top Billed Cast

Shirley MacLaine
Louisa May Foster
Paul Newman
Larry Flint
Robert Mitchum
Rod Anderson Jr.
Dean Martin
Leonard Crawley
Gene Kelly
Pinky Benson
Robert Cummings
Dr. Victor Stephanson
Dick Van Dyke
Edgar Hopper
Reginald Gardiner
Painter
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Foster
Lou Nova
Trentino
Fifi D'Orsay
Baroness
Maurice Marsac
Rene
Wally Vernon
Agent
Jane Wald
Polly
Lenny Kent
Hollywood Lawyer
Fred Aldrich
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Awards Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Army Archerd
TV Announcer (uncredited)
Anton Arnold
Mr. Foster (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Publicity and Press Agent (uncredited)
Mark Bailey
Private Airline Pilot (uncredited)
Al Bain
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
John Barton
Farmer (uncredited)
Al Beaudine
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Freeman (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Man (uncredited)
Lynn Borden
Woman (uncredited)
Barbara Bouchet
Girl on Plane (uncredited)
John Cliff
Waiter (uncredited)
Christopher Connelly
Ned (uncredited)
Tom Conway
Lord Kensington (uncredited)
William Corcoran
Leonard Crawley Jr. (age 7) (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Carol Daniels
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Frenchman (uncredited)
Peter Duchin
Cocktail Party Pianist (uncredited)
James Elsegood
Shipboard Number Dancer (uncredited)
Anthony Eustrel
Willard (uncredited)
Pamelyn Ferdin
Geraldine Crawley (age 4) (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Customer (uncredited)
Jeff Fithian
Jonathan Crawley (age 5) (uncredited)
Joe Fithian
Jonathan Crawley (age 5) (uncredited)
Jacques Foti
Policeman (uncredited)
Milton Frome
Lawyer (uncredited)
Teri Garr
Shipboard Number Dancer (uncredited)
Roy Goldman
Diner Customer (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
Minister (uncredited)
Sid Gould
Movie Executive (uncredited)
Jack Greening
Chester (uncredited)
Paula Lane
Movie Executive's Girl (uncredited)
Joel Grey
Patron (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Dec 02 2024

I recall a time when I saw Joan Collins in "Dynasty" (c. 1983) and her character was called "Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter"... I had never known a lady to keep the names of all of her husbands one after the other. Well, Shirley MacLaine beat her to it - by about 20 years - as her portrayal of "Louisa May Foster Hopper Flint Anderson Benson". The film begins as an elegantly dressed woman tries to give the IRS a cheque for a couple of hundred million dollars. They think she is bonkers and refer her to a shrink to whom she reminisces about her hitherto marital relationships. Dean Martin in the fi...