....Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?
- 1969 film
On reaching 40, an actor recounts his life story and womanising past to his mother and two children. Stars Anthony Newley, Joan Collins, Connie Kreski, Patricia Hayes, George Jessel and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1969
- Stars
- Anthony Newley, Joan Collins, Connie Kreski, Patricia Hayes, George Jessel, Milton Berle, Sasha Newley, Tara Newley and more
- Writers
- Herman Raucher and Anthony Newley
- Director
- Anthony Newley
- Producers
- Anthony Newley and George Fowler
- Company
Meta-musical comedy about an actor, charting his life story to his elderly mother and two infant children shortly after turning 40 and embarking upon a mid-life crisis.
Re-enacting scenes from his past on a sandy beach, the tale inter-cuts with imagined studio scenes as he films a motion picture version of his younger life, complete with interference from script-writers, producers, executives, critics and a mysterious, silhouetted director.
In particular his adult life to date seems to revolve around a string of women, of decreasingly younger ages: there's the innocent Filigree Fondle; the angelic Mercy Humppe; and the vivacious Polyester Poontang, to name but three - it certainly seems that his womanising past is something Heironymus Merkin cannot easily forget, nor let go of!
Additional details
- UK certificate
- X
- Duration
- 107 minutes
- Distributors
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour