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Bedtime Story

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Bedtime Story
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NR,1hr 39min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1963
Director:
Ralph Levy
Distributor:
Buena Vista
Starring:
Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones  ...more
Synopsis: An exercise in "black humor" bordering on the tasteless, Bedtime Story stars Marlon Brando and David Niven as a pair of womanizing confidence tricksters, operating up and down the Riviera. Pooling their talents, Brando and Niven pull off several scams, many of these requiring Brando to pose as a mental or physical defective. Their current "mark" is soap heiress Shirley Jones, who isn't quite as gullible as she seems. The film's highlights-or low points, depending on one's point of view-feature Brando ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
Bedtime Story works because leads David Niven, Marlon Brando, and Shirley Jones treat the material as though it were an erudite satire rather than a sitcom-level formula. Their characters seem oblivious to the story's more absurd elements, allowing the humor to flow naturally from the situations rather than from the forced farce. Of course, this is not to say that Brando doesn't occasionally mug for ... Full Review
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Marlon Brando
Freddy Benson
David Niven
Lawrence Jameson
Shirley Jones
Janet
Dody Goodman
Fanny Eubank
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