All the Fine Young Cannibals
| All the Fine Young Cannibals | |
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Original movie poster by Reynold Brown
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| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
| Produced by | Pando S. Berman |
| Written by | Robert Thom |
| Based on | novel "The Bixby Girls" by Rosamond Marshall |
| Starring |
Robert Wagner Natalie Wood Susan Kohner George Hamilton |
| Music by | Jeff Alexander |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
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Production
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MGM
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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September 15, 1960 |
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Running time
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112 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,638,000 |
| Box office | $1,810,000 |
All the Fine Young Cannibals is a 1960 American film directed by Michael Anderson, based on the novel by Rosamond Marshall starring Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton, and Pearl Bailey. Hamilton said it "combined Southern Gothic with a biopic of jazzman Chet Baker".
The story concerns the lives of Chad Bixby (Wagner) and Sarah "Salome" Davis (Wood) – how they are forced apart by bad circumstances and brought together by chance. The film examines the experience of starting off "dirt poor" and ending up "idle rich", in a melodramatic style; but concludes that after the changes in lifestyle, the personalities remain the same. The story is loosely based on the life of Chet Baker. The film was the first Wagner and Wood made as husband and wife.
The film's title was the inspiration for the name of the 1980s musical group Fine Young Cannibals.
This was the first film Wagner and Wood made together.
George Hamilton says Vincente Minelli shot an ending for the film that was not used.
According to MGM records, the film earned $950,000 in the US and Canada, and $860,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $1,108,000.
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