The Adding Machine (1969)
- Directed by
- Jerome Epstein
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man spends 25 years as a bookkeeper then is replaced by an adding machine. He kills his boss, stands trial, and goes to heaven where he meets an odd cast of characters.
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What happens
The Adding Machine is a 1969 British fantasy comedy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein and starring Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin, and Raymond Huntley. It was based on a stage production of the 1923 Elmer Rice play The Adding Machine directed by Epstein in Los Angeles in the 1940s. It was distributed in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures. The action of the film takes place on Earth, in 1930s Manhattan during the Great Depression, and in Heaven. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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