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Arnold

  • 19731973
  • PGPG
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
441
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Arnold (1973)
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Mystery
Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for h... Read allUpon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
441
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  • Director
    • Georg Fenady
  • Writers
    • Jameson Brewer
    • John Fenton Murray
  • Stars
    • Stella Stevens
    • Roddy McDowall
    • Elsa Lanchester
Top credits
  • Director
    • Georg Fenady
  • Writers
    • Jameson Brewer
    • John Fenton Murray
  • Stars
    • Stella Stevens
    • Roddy McDowall
    • Elsa Lanchester
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    • 23User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    8614-1 "Arnold" - Norman Stuart and Roddy McDowall, 1973.
    Stella Stevens and Victor Buono in Arnold (1973)
    Stella Stevens in Arnold (1973)
    Stella Stevens, Elsa Lanchester, and Bernard Fox in Arnold (1973)
    Elsa Lanchester in Arnold (1973)
    Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, and Elsa Lanchester in Arnold (1973)
    Stella Stevens in Arnold (1973)
    Stella Stevens in Arnold (1973)
    Arnold (1973)
    Arnold (1973)
    Arnold (1973)

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    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    • Karenas Karen
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • Robertas Robert
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester
    • Hesteras Hester
    Shani Wallis
    Shani Wallis
    • Lady Jocelyn Dwellynas Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn
    Farley Granger
    Farley Granger
    • Evan Lyonsas Evan Lyons
    Victor Buono
    Victor Buono
    • Ministeras Minister
    John McGiver
    John McGiver
    • Governoras Governor
    Bernard Fox
    Bernard Fox
    • Constable Hookeas Constable Hooke
    Patric Knowles
    Patric Knowles
    • Douglas Whiteheadas Douglas Whitehead
    Jamie Farr
    Jamie Farr
    • Dybbias Dybbi
    Norman Stuart
    • Lord Arnold Dwellynas Lord Arnold Dwellyn
    Ben Wright
    Ben Wright
    • Jonesyas Jonesy
    Wanda Bailey
    • Floas Flo
    Steven Marlo
    Steven Marlo
    • 1st Dart Playeras 1st Dart Player
    Leslie Thompson
    • 2nd Dart Playeras 2nd Dart Player
    Murray Matheson
    Murray Matheson
    • Lord Arnold Dwellynas Lord Arnold Dwellyn
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Georg Fenady
    • Writers
      • Jameson Brewer
      • John Fenton Murray
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director Georg Fenady and his producer brother Andrew J. Fenady shot this film back-to-back with Terror in the Wax Museum (1973), with some of the same actors (Elsa Lanchester, Patric Knowles, Shani Wallis, Steven Marlo, Ben Wright, and Leslie Thompson).
    • Quotes

      Karen: Jocelyn...

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: I hope you and your bridegroom, my dead husband, will be very happy together in this medieval mausoleum.

      Karen: I can understand your bitterness. If only you'd given Arnold more love and affection.

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: You gave him enough "affection" for both of us.

      Karen: All he wanted was...

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: I know what he wanted. What is your going rate?

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: [gasps] Lady Dwellyn! You are mistaken. Arnold and I never, never discussed money.

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: What did he do? Just leave it on the mantel each night?

      Karen: Ours was a deep and honest love. In fact, I love Arnold so much, I refuse to let even death separate us.

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: Rubbish! You won't get away with it, you know. It's quite illegal to marry a corpse.

      Karen: Mr Whitehead thinks he can prove our marriage valid. He intends to establish a precedent, using the analogy of women who marry soldiers at the front by proxy; men who might already have died in battle before the wedding ceremony was performed.

      Lady Jocelyn Dwellyn: The Courts will award me the entire estate. I am the rightful heir. Arnold's one and only wife. And widow. Happy honeymoon, you bitch!

      [exits]

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Arnold
      Sung by Shani Wallis

      Lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady

      Music by George Duning

    User reviews23

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Oh my lord! It's hypnotically campy!
    I've noticed there aren't a lot of comments on this film, and for good reason. It's been burried in the annals of time, from that dark age where films where made before Direct to Video that were obviously prime candidates.

    I managed to see the piece with my fiance last weekend on television as part of a run of 'bad movies'. We intended to go out to a show that night, but ended up caught up in the funny weirdness of the story, the sets, the acting, the whole mess, and couldn't leave. Each time we planned to get up to go, we remained seated, glued to the set, in awe of the bizzare feature. It was like some sort of perverse Estragon and Vladimir situation.

    And if that isn't a recommendation, I don't know what is.

    It's certainly no classic. It's a pretty lousy movie. The cheerful early seventies theme that opens the feature ("How happy we'll be, together you and me... Arrrrnold, Arrrnold!") is played over the background of a funeral in an obviously small soundstage with styrafoam tombstones and the obligatory raven and fog, which is of course hillarious.

    But it's a fun watch. No one in it thinks they're in a classic, and the whole situation gets quite laughable frequently. It's got enough aspects of a whodunit to be vaugly interesting.

    Best points are probably the police constable commenting 'Now, is this place a cemetary because it's always foggy here, or is it always foggy here because it's a cemetary?' and the tapedeck in the coffin. Oyvey!

    The only word for it is 'hypnotic'. You'll keep watching. You won't believe what you're seeing, yet you'll have to watch more.

    In the words of the bobby "If I hadn't a seen it I wouldn'ta believed it!"
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    • melskunk
    • Jan 23, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Family Plot
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Bing Crosby Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,616
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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