Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
Acting
Gleason's genuinely committed acid-trip sequence is unhinged cinema.
Costume
Carol Channing's technicolor nightmare wardrobe deserves its own exhibit.
Production
Preminger somehow convinced a yacht, prison, and Harry Nilsson to participate.
Director
Otto Preminger
Jackie Gleason
Tough Tony Banks
Carol Channing
Flo Banks
Frankie Avalon
Angie
Fred Clark
Tower Guard
Michael Constantine
Leech
Frank Gorshin
The Man
Peter Lawford
The Senator
Burgess Meredith
The Warden
George Raft
Captain Garbaldo
Cesar Romero
Hechy
Mickey Rooney
George 'Blue Chips' Packard
Groucho Marx
God
Arnold Stang
Harry
Doro Merande
The Mayor
Phil Arnold
Mayor's Husband
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Preminger allegedly took LSD during production to 'understand the youth,' which explains everything and nothing.
Harry Nilsson wrote the entire score and appears as a tower guard; his song 'Cast and Crew' lists everyone including the gaffer.
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