A retired gangster must return to work when mob boss God kidnaps his daughter Darlene to force him into killing rival Blue Chips Packard.A retired gangster must return to work when mob boss God kidnaps his daughter Darlene to force him into killing rival Blue Chips Packard.A retired gangster must return to work when mob boss God kidnaps his daughter Darlene to force him into killing rival Blue Chips Packard.
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- TriviaOtto Preminger originally wanted Bob Dylan to score the movie. He invited Dylan and his wife to a screening of a rough cut of the movie in Preminger's Hollywood mansion. After the screening Dylan surprised everybody from his entourage, who thought the film was a disaster, by requesting a second screening but at one condition: he wanted to be left alone with his wife in the house during it. Preminger happily obliged, convinced that Dylan would accept the job. However, Dylan showed no further interest in the movie. He acknowledged later that he and his wife weren't interested at all by the film but they loved the mansion's style so much that they requested this second screening to freely explore it, write down what they liked and take inspiration for their own house.
- Quotes
Stash: Violence is the sign language of the inarticulate.
Tony Banks: What is he talkin' about? Do you know what he's talkin' about?
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the film, Harry Nilsson sings all the credits that appear onscreen, with occasional side notes (e.g. "a good friend", or "thanks").
- ConnectionsFeatured in Inside the Marx Brothers (2003)
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Finally saw this thing in Washington DC at a special showing. What a mind blower! Director Preminger and company really took risks here; a counterculter comedy with an all star middle aged to senior citizen cast! The story has gangster Jackie Gleason being hired by Groucho Marx to kill Mickey Rooney in prison where Gleason takes LSD and his wife Carol Channing does a strip tease and sings the theme song.. it's enough to make your head spin! It must be said that this film made motion picture history: It's the only movie ever made where the end credits are actually SUNG, by the films composer Nilsson! Can't wait for this to be on DVD!
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- Jan 11, 2002
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- Skidoo - Ein Happening in Love
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- Alcatraz Prison, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, USA(aerial shots of prison)
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