40 Pounds of Trouble (1963)
- Starring:
- Tony Curtis, Phil Silvers, (more)
- Director(s):
- Norman Jewison
Synopsis of 40 Pounds of Trouble
Damon Runyon's story "Little Miss Marker" gets a mid-'60s update in this comedy. Steve McCluskey (Tony Curtis) is the manager of a nightspot in Lake Tahoe owned by Bernie Friedman (Phil Silvers). Steve is the kind of guy who has heard every sob story in the book and is not easily impressed, but his hard heart begins to soften a bit when he meets Penny Piper (Claire Wilcox), a young orphan girl with no one to turn to and nowhere to go. Steve grudgingly takes her in and soon grows fond of the tyke. Penny thinks that Steve needs to get married and settle down, so she starts playing Cupid, trying to set him up with pretty Chris Lockwood (Suzanne Pleshette). However, Steve is still reeling from his failed first marriage and isn't so sure that another trip to the altar would be good for him. The film's finale sends Steve on a wild chase through Disneyland. Forty Pounds of Trouble marked the feature directorial debut of Norman Jewison, who would go on to make In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, and Jesus Christ Superstar. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of 40 Pounds of Trouble
- Tony Curtis - Steve McCluskey
- Suzanne Pleshette - Chris
- Larry Storch - Floyd
- Stubby Kaye - Cranston
- Edward Andrews - Herman
- Nicky Blair - Desk Clerk
- Karen Steele - Bambi
- Tom Reese - Bassett
- Gregg Palmer - Piper
- Syl Lamont - Bellboy
- Warren Stevens - Swing
- Eduardo Ciannelli
- Sharon Farrell - Dolores
- Steve Gravers - Daytime
- Charles Horvath - Stooge
- Phil Silvers - Bernie
- Claire Wilcox - Penny Piper
- Howard Morris - Julius
- David Allen - Singer
- Jim Bannon - The Westerner
- Charles Victor - Madison Avenue Type
- Ruth Robinson - Little Old Lady
- Ford Rainey - Judge
- Mary Murphy - Liz McCluskey
- Jack LaRue - Nick the Greek
- Kevin McCarthy - Blanchard
- Paul Comi - Cavanaugh
- Gerald Gordon - District Attorney
- Hallene Hill - Slot-Machine Player
- Director(s):
- Norman Jewison
- Writer(s):
- Marion Hargrove
- Producer(s):
- Stan Margulies
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