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The Troublemaker (1964)

The Troublemaker poster
Directed by
Theodore J. Flicker
Genre
comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man from the countryside moves to New York City to open a coffeehouse. He stumbles through a series of comedic misunderstandings and bureaucratic obstacles.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedquirkysatiricaloffbeatcomedic

What happens

The Troublemaker is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Theodore J. Flicker and starring Tom Aldredge and Joan Darling. It premiered at the Beekman Theater in New York City on June 22, 1964. Flicker co-wrote the script with Buck Henry; both men appear as actors in the film. The humor was based on The Premise, a Greenwich Village-based comedy troupe Flicker created that he and Henry both participated in. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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