Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
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| Directed by | Waris Hussein |
| Produced by | Mel Howard John H. Cushingham |
| Written by | Gabriel Walsh |
| Starring | Gene Wilder Margot Kidder |
| Music by | Michael Dress |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Bill Blunden |
| Distributed by | Scotia-Barber (UK) UMC Pictures (USA) |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 Irish-American comedy film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It stars Gene Wilder as the titular Quackser Fortune, a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love with an American exchange student (Margot Kidder) after she almost runs him over.
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Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.
Cast
- Gene Wilder as Quackser Fortune
- Margot Kidder as Zazel Pierce
- Eileen Colgan as Betsy Bourke
- Seamus Ford as Mr. Fortune
- May Ollis as Mrs. Fortune
- Liz Davis as Kathleen Fortune
- Caroline Tully as Vera Fortune
- David Kelly as Tom Maguire
Nomination
The film was nominated for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (WGA Award - Screen) at the Writers Guild of America, USA in 1971.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx at IMDb
- Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx at AllMovie
- eFilmCritic review
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