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Lord Love a Duck

Play trailer Poster for Lord Love a Duck 1966,  1h 35m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 70% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
70% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
An unusually gifted high school senior, Alan Musgrave (Roddy McDowall), decides to direct his mental powers toward helping an innocent new student, Barbara Ann Greene (Tuesday Weld), achieve her goal of popularity. With Alan's guidance, Barbara climbs the social ladder, finds a husband and eventually gets a shot at a glamorous movie career. But when Barbara's husband begins to get in the way of her ambitions, Alan will stop at nothing to make sure she reaches the top.

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Tom Milne Sight & Sound Mar 19, 2020
Lord Love a Duck looks and sounds exactly as one would expect: brilliantly, inconsequentially, anarchically funny, and full of kooky characters. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael McCall's Sep 20, 2023
After we’ve sat, laughing occasionally but mainly being rather appalled by this exhibition of lack of control, we are preached at from the screen for our tiny minds and our family spray deodorants. Go to Full Review
Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network Sep 24, 2020
A-
Lord Love a Duck is a wildly subversive, scathing satire with an often-twisted, swirling sexual energy. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com May 7, 2007
2/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Feb 16, 2007
A-
Kooky satire. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 17, 2005
2/5
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Abraham S Aug 22, 2016 A charming coming-of-age tale centering on a too-smart-for-his-own-good ne'er do well and the gal he fancies as his friend. A very smart script edited well. See more
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Cast & Crew

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George Axelrod

Director

Roddy McDowall

Alan 'Mollymauk' Musgrave

Tuesday Weld

Barbara Ann Greene

Lola Albright

Marie Greene

Martin West

Bob Barnard

Ruth Gordon

Mrs. Barnard

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Lord Love a Duck

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Movie Info

Synopsis An unusually gifted high school senior, Alan Musgrave (Roddy McDowall), decides to direct his mental powers toward helping an innocent new student, Barbara Ann Greene (Tuesday Weld), achieve her goal of popularity. With Alan's guidance, Barbara climbs the social ladder, finds a husband and eventually gets a shot at a glamorous movie career. But when Barbara's husband begins to get in the way of her ambitions, Alan will stop at nothing to make sure she reaches the top.
Director
George Axelrod
Producer
George Axelrod
Screenwriter
George Axelrod, Al Hine, Larry H. Johnson
Distributor
United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Charleston Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 1966, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Mono
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