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Hammersmith Is Out

Play trailer Hammersmith Is Out R,  1972,  1h 48m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 33% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 56% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
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 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 Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Jan 7, 2020
Dull, trifling, tasteless, self-consciously cute - these barely begin to describe Hammersmith's terminal weaknesses. Go to Full Review
Phil Hall Film Threat Sep 26, 2008
0/5
Simply atrocious -- one of the very worst films ever made. Go to Full Review
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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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Hammersmith Is Out

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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
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