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

Jan 1, 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

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Variety Staff

Variety

Jun 3, 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.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 9, 2005

3/5

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

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

Jan 7, 2020

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

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TV Guide

Mar 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.

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Sep 26, 2008

0/5

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

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Douglas W

@RT66734441 6 days ago

I thought liz taylor was brilliant in this. Beautiful. And funny. Richard burton was fab as the devil too. As always. Totally different movie for them both. I can see why it was panned. But its camp and funny and wasnt supposed to be taken seriously. Its a cheap comedy.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Aug 2, 2023

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

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Jan 9, 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.

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Sep 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.

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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

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