A Talent for Loving (film)

A Talent for Loving
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
Cinematography	Clifford Stine
Edited by	Eric Boyd-Perkins
Music by	Ken Thorne
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	1969
Running time	110 min.
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

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.

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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Richard Widmark as Major Patten
• Chaim Topol as Molina
• Cesar Romero as Don Jose
• Geneviève Page as Delphine
• Fran Jeffries as Maria
• Derek Nimmo as Moodie
• Max Showalter as Franklin
• Joe Melia as Tortillaw
• John Bluthal as Martinelli
• Libby Morris as Jacaranda
• Judd Hamilton as Jim
• Caroline Munro as Evalina Patten

External links

• A Talent for Loving at IMDb