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Hammersmith Is Out

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An asylum doctor (Peter Ustinov) tracks a devilish inmate (Richard Burton) who schemes with a waitress (Elizabeth Taylor) and a male nurse.

Critics Reviews

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Judith Crist New York Magazine/Vulture 01/01/2020
Hammersmith Is Out is another of those heavy-handed "the criminally insane are running the world" parables that almost comes off -- but not quite, in spite of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton giving their best performances of recent years Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 06/03/2008
What is, apparently, an exercise in spoofery on the part of Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the even more energetic Peter Ustinov, starts as a variation on the Faust legend but almost immediately turns into a belabored antic. Go to Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times 05/09/2005
3/5
Both Bridges and Miss Taylor display a certain vulgar, ratty charm that is often funny. Go to Full Review Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press 01/07/2020
Dull, trifling, tasteless, self-consciously cute - these barely begin to describe Hammersmith's terminal weaknesses. Go to Full Review TV Guide 03/23/2011
1.5/4
Inept Taylor-Burton vehicle is one more variation on the Faust legend, with Burton as a lunatic consigned to Ustinov's asylum. Go to Full Review Phil Hall Film Threat 09/26/2008
0/5
Simply atrocious -- one of the very worst films ever made. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Steve D 08/02/2023 Really unpleasant and the acting doesn't even stand out. See more 01/09/2016 great show.back when you had to think about the plot and subplots. Had humanity and vice, virtue discreetly underneath the story. Instead of in your face boring Left-wing elite drivel. See more 09/28/2011 I have been dying to see this movie again, but the only place it seems to be available is on VHS tape for 50 bucks! SOMEBODY PLEASE release a DVD. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Peter Ustinov

Director

Elizabeth Taylor

Jimmie Jean Jackson

Richard Burton

Hammersmith

Peter Ustinov

Doctor

Beau Bridges

Billy Breedlove

Leon Ames

General Sam Pembroke
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Movie Info

Synopsis An asylum doctor (Peter Ustinov) tracks a devilish inmate (Richard Burton) who schemes with a waitress (Elizabeth Taylor) and a male nurse.
Director
Peter Ustinov
Producer
Alex Lucas
Screenwriter
Stanford Whitmore
Production Co
J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 48m