Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Lord Love a Duck (1966)

Lord Love a Duck poster
Directed by
George Axelrod
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school student schemes to help his crush get everything she wants by manipulating the people around them. The film mocks 1960s youth culture and social trends.

satiricalquirkyfast-paceddarkly humorouscampyprovocativecausticdeadpanabsurd

What happens

Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 American teen black comedy-drama film produced, directed and co-written by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films. It is based on Al Hine's 1961 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?