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6.9/10
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Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 5 nominations total
Hal Galili
- Patron with Cigar
- (as Hal Gallili)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"The Ritz" opened on Broadway on January 20, 1975 at the Longacre Theatre and closed after 398 performances and ten previews.F. Murray Abraham, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Jack Weston, Paul B. Price, Tony De Santis, Christopher J. Brown, and John Everson play the roles they created in the original Broadway production. Treat Williams replaced Stephen Collins as Brick, and Dave King replaced George Dzundza as Abe Lefkowitz.
- GoofsThe movie is set in New York (and briefly, Cleveland). Gaetano and Vivian Proclo are clearly Italian-American, yet their daughters speak with distinctly British accents. The movie was filmed in England.
- Quotes
Gaetano Proclo: We used to have a guy like that back in the army. We called him "Get-Away-From-Me-Claude".
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 5 minutes from this film for its 1982 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Homo Promo (1991)
- SoundtracksThe Three Caballeros
(uncredited)
Music by Manuel Esperón
English lyrics by Ray Gilbert
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Featured review
Funny, excellent, poignant
First seen in 1976 as a trailer to main movie, it proved to be one of the most memorable films I have ever seen.
Much of its commentary is starkly relevant today. Rita Morino was so outrageous, her lines have stayed in my head all these years!!
It (somewhat sarcastically)challenged the stereotypes of gays, drag queens, Italian families, and societal values/conceptions in general.
Each actor plays their part to a tee......so very convincingly. This is a comedy classic.
A funny, pleasing film which, without offending, leaves one feeling good about themselves - gay and straight alike.
Much of its commentary is starkly relevant today. Rita Morino was so outrageous, her lines have stayed in my head all these years!!
It (somewhat sarcastically)challenged the stereotypes of gays, drag queens, Italian families, and societal values/conceptions in general.
Each actor plays their part to a tee......so very convincingly. This is a comedy classic.
A funny, pleasing film which, without offending, leaves one feeling good about themselves - gay and straight alike.
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- cziare1984
- Sep 17, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Der Mörder lauert in der Sauna
- Filming locations
- Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK(filmed at, as Twickenham Studios, London, England)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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