Hammersmith Is Out

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Hammersmith Is Out

R

1972

1h 48m

Comedy

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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.

Judith Crist

New York Magazine/Vulture

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

Jan 1, 2020

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Variety Staff

Variety

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.

Jun 3, 2008

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Both Bridges and Miss Taylor display a certain vulgar, ratty charm that is often funny.

Rated: 3/5

May 9, 2005

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

Dull, trifling, tasteless, self-consciously cute - these barely begin to describe Hammersmith's terminal weaknesses.

Jan 7, 2020

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TV Guide

Inept Taylor-Burton vehicle is one more variation on the Faust legend, with Burton as a lunatic consigned to Ustinov's asylum.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 23, 2011

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Simply atrocious -- one of the very worst films ever made.

Rated: 0/5

Sep 26, 2008

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Steve D

Really unpleasant and the acting doesn't even stand out.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Peter Ustinov

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Elizabeth Taylor

Jimmie Jean Jackson

Richard Burton

Hammersmith

Peter Ustinov

Doctor

Beau Bridges

Billy Breedlove

Leon Ames

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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