The Love Machine (film)

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The Love Machine
Directed byJack Haley, Jr.
Written bySamuel A. Taylor
Produced byM.J. Frankovich
Irving Mansfield (executive producer)
StarringJohn Phillip Law
Dyan Cannon
Robert Ryan
Jackie Cooper
David Hemmings
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byDavid E. Blewitt
Music byArtie Butler (also song "Amanda's Theme")
Mark Lindsay (song "Amanda's Theme")
Bryan Wells (song "He's Movin' On")-Vocals performed by Dionne Warwick
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
August 27, 1971
Running time
108 minutes
Box office$4.6 million (US/Canada) (rentals)[1]

The Love Machine is a 1971 film adaptation of the Jacqueline Susann novel The Love Machine. Written by Samuel A. Taylor and directed by Jack Haley, Jr., it starred John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper, and David Hemmings.

Plot

Robin Stone works at a powerful TV network doing the news. He encounters an array of women, among them Judith Austin, the wife of a network executive. Judith asks her husband Greg to promote Robin and he does so. Robin and Judith then get into an extramarital affair while her husband is in the hospital for cardiac care.

Robin's girlfriend Amanda catches on to what is happening, leaving Robin to face those who resent his sexual promiscuity, including his boss.

Cast

Production

Two weeks into production of the film actor Brian Kelly who was to play Robin Stone was involved in a near fatal motorcycle accident and replaced by John Phillip Law.[2]

References

  1. ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs", Variety, 7 January 1976 p 48
  2. ^ p. 45 Manners, Dorothy John Phillip Law Wears "Square" Mold Quite Well Toledo Blade Jun 20, 1971

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