Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969
1h 47m
4.2

4.2/10

9 votes • View on IMDb

"Heironymus Merkin, the most talented movie star who ever sang, danced and loved girls, girls, girls."

Overview

Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. Merkin's promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin is constantly surrounded by a Satan-like procurer, Goodtime Eddie Filth, and an angelic 'Presence' who interrupts Merkin's biography with cryptic Borscht Belt-level jokes to denote births and deaths in Merkin's life. Newley periodically steps out of character to complain about his 'Merkin' role with an unseen director, two screenwriters, the film's producers and a trio of blasé movie critics who are turned off by the story's eroticism and lack of plot.

Status: Released

Budget: $500,000

Revenue: $2,100,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date March 19, 1969
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0064123

Cast

Anthony Newley
Anthony Newley

Heironymous Merkin

Joan Collins
Joan Collins

Polyester Poontang

Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth

Uncle Limelight

Milton Berle
Milton Berle

Goodtime Eddie Filth

Stubby Kaye
Stubby Kaye

Fat Writer

George Jessel
George Jessel

The Presence

Connie Kreski
Connie Kreski

Mercy Humppe

Alexander Newley
Alexander Newley

Thaxted

Tara Newley
Tara Newley

Thumbelina

Patricia Hayes
Patricia Hayes

Grandma

Ronald Rubin
Ronald Rubin

Skinny Writer

Louis Negin
Louis Negin

Producer Peter

Key Crew

Anthony Newley
Director
Anthony Newley
Writer
Herman Raucher
Writer
Anthony Newley
Producer