What a Way to Go! (1964)

Directed by

J. Lee Thompson

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 105 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy widow tells her psychiatrist about her past marriages where each husband became rich and successful, then died. She believes she is cursed and wants to give away her money to live simply.

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What happens

What a Way to Go! is a 1964 American black comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke. In the film, a wealthy widow wants to donate most of her fortune to the Internal Revenue Service. She narrates her life story to her psychiatrist. Each of her past husbands found wealth and success, but met with tragic deaths. She thinks she is cursed, and she would instead prefer a "simple life" inspired by the writings of Henry David Thoreau. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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