- Actors: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham
- Directors: Richard Lester
- Writers: Terrence McNally
- Producers: Denis O'Dell
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Tartan
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000057RFY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,954 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo" his son-in-law, with "the hit" on, Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a New York gay bathhouse.
As Cleveland Sanitation Company owner Gaetano Proclo reasons, this New York all-male bathhouse is the perfect place to hide from his murder-in-mind brother-in-law Carmine (Jerry Stiller). But Gaetano finds he is amorously pursued by "chubby chaser" Claude Perkins (Paul B. Price) and by Puerto Rican semi-diva torch singer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno) who believes him to be a Broadway producer (a riotous performance that won her a Tony Award). His guides through the Ritz are gatekeeper Abe, Ritz habitué sardonic screaming queen Chris (F. Murray Abraham) and bellhop/go-go-boys Tiger and Duff. Squeaky-voiced private detective Michael Brick (Treat Williams) and his employer Carmine do locate Gateano at the Ritz, as does his wife Vivian (Kaye Ballard).
This dated, but all the more funny farce will have you rolling about the floor with laughter.
When are they going to bring it out on DVD????
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I LOVE this film. I have an old recording of it on video which I taped off Channel 5 in about 1998. This was the second time I'd seen it; the first being years earlier.
This is the kind of film that at times contains much fast-paced language and verbal humour which is sometimes hard to catch on first viewing. It's the kind of film to be watched over and over again as it gets funnier with each subsequent watching and you tend to pick up on humourous phrases that you missed on the previous viewing.
Definitely one of my all-time favourites; my mother, my husband and I all find ourselves using phrases and quotes from this film and chuckling away to ourselves.
This film needs to be out on DVD!!!!
This is the kind of film that at times contains much fast-paced language and verbal humour which is sometimes hard to catch on first viewing. It's the kind of film to be watched over and over again as it gets funnier with each subsequent watching and you tend to pick up on humourous phrases that you missed on the previous viewing.
Definitely one of my all-time favourites; my mother, my husband and I all find ourselves using phrases and quotes from this film and chuckling away to ourselves.
This film needs to be out on DVD!!!!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Other reviewers have already covered most I would wnat to say but quite simply this film is a laugh from start to finish. Subtle humour mixed with slapstick and farce; over acting from Googie the diva with no voice but always looking for her Mr Big "movie producer" (watch out for a final llaugh on that topic!) A host of fine actors keep the action going from start to finish with innuendo and silent comedy thrown in for good measure.
I agree....it should be out on DVD by now !!
I agree....it should be out on DVD by now !!
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very funny
Magnificent period piece, a '70's sense of humor and liberty of tone in the vein of Mel Brooks' best comedies. Rita Moreno is just magnificent.
Published 11 months ago by Frankiethebaron
old fashioned camp!
quiet night on tv, dug out my old vhs recorded from ch5 in '99
such memories! remember seeing this when it first came out in '76 and it is still as funny... Read more
such memories! remember seeing this when it first came out in '76 and it is still as funny... Read more
Published 19 months ago by nedley
things ain't what they used to be...
Inspired I went to New York in 1998 and tried to find a bath house just like the Ritz. I was of course very disappointed. Read more
Published on 31 July 2009 by M. Attard
Still waiting!
Like other reviewers, I am still waiting for this great little comedy to arrive here on DVD.
Published on 3 Mar 2009 by Mr. Alan East
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