The Loved One (1965)
| Release Date | 11 October 1965 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
The Loved One is a 1965 black comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, which is based on The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948), a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay – which also drew on Jessica Mitford's book The American Way of Death (1963) – was written by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Robert Easton
Dusty Acres
Ayllene Gibbons
Joyboy's mother
Don Haggerty
Haggerty
Chick Hearn
Announcer at Condor's funeral launch
Warren J. Kemmerling
Edwin Reimers
Minister at Whispering Glades
John Bleifer
Mr. Bernstein
Jim Brewer
Jim
Bella Bruck
Mrs. Bernstein
Gail Gilmore
Girl in Funeral Home
Martin Ransohoff
Lorenzo Medici
Christopher Riordan
Best Man
Elizabeth Ann Roberts
-
Director
Writer
Terry Southern
Producer
Neil Hartley
associate producer
Haskell Wexler
producer
Original Music
John Addison
-
Cinematographer
Haskell Wexler
-
Editor
Brian Smedley-Aston
-
Casting Director
Lynn Stalmaster
-
Production Designer
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
-
Set Decorator
James W. Payne
Costume Designer
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
-
Makeup Department
Emile LaVigne
makeup supervisor
Alice Monte
hair stylist
Production Manager
Austen Jewell
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kurt Neumann
assistant director
Art Department
Sydney Z. Litwack
assistant art director
Sound Department
Stan Fiferman
sound editor
Robert Post
sound mixer
Special Effects
G.G. Gaspar
special effects
Editorial Department
Antony Gibbs
supervising editor
Music Department
John Addison
conductor
Other Crew
Bud Cherry
creative assistant
Josie MacAvin
location researcher
Production Company
Filmways Pictures
-
Distributor
MGM-International Dist.
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Chapel Distribution
Miscellaneous
Ryder Sound Services
sound recording
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Tony Richardson
A Delicate Balance (1973)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
Blue Sky (1994)
Dead Cert (1974)
Hamlet (1969)
Laughter in the Dark (1969)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
Mademoiselle (1966)
Ned Kelly (1970)
Sanctuary (1961)
The Border (1982)
The Entertainer (1960)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
The Loved One
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
Tom Jones (1963)
