What a Way to Go!
“What A Cast!... What A Past!... What A Show!...”
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
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Cast
53 people
Shirley MacLaine
Louisa May Foster
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
Paul Newman
Larry Flint
Known for
Cars
The Sting
Robert Mitchum
Rod Anderson Jr.
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Dean Martin
Leonard Crawley
Known for
Rio Bravo
Ocean's Eleven
Gene Kelly
Pinky Benson
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
An American in Paris
Robert Cummings
Victor Stephanson
Known for
Dial M for Murder
Saboteur
Dick Van Dyke
Edgar Hopper
Known for
Night at the Museum
Mary Poppins
Reginald Gardiner
Painter
Known for
The Great Dictator
The Flying Deuces
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Foster
Known for
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Lou Nova
Trentino
Known for
Somewhere in the Night
Fifi D'Orsay
Baroness
Also in
Nabonga
Those Three French Girls
Maurice Marsac
Rene
Known for
The Big Red One
Gambit
J. Lee Thompson Director · Adolph Green Screenplay Betty Comden Screenplay
Worldwide gross $13M · Budget $20M · United States release May 13, 1964
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$13,298,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
APJAC Productions
Production
Orchard Productions
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · May 13, 1964
Premiere · New York City, New York
Ireland
July 31, 1964 · Theatrical
Spain
October 12, 1964 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 2, 1964 · Theatrical
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