40 Carats (film)

Infobox Film
name = Forty Carats


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director = M. J. Frankovich
Milton Katselas
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starring = Liv Ullmann
Edward Albert
Gene Kelly
Binnie Barnes
music = Michel Legrand
cinematography = Charles Lang
editing = David E. Blewitt
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country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0070068

"Forty Carats" was a 1973 film directed by Milton Katselas, based on the play by Jay Presson Allen. The screenplay was written by Leonard Gershe (who significantly changed the ending) and directed by Milton Katselas. The cast include Liv Ullman, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Nancy Walker, and Natalie Schafer. Ullman was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture Actress, Musical or Comedy, and the Writers Guild of America nominated Gershe's screenplay for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium.

Plot

For plot information, please see Forty Carats the stage play.

Cast listing

*Liv Ullmann .... Ann Stanley
*Edward Albert .... Peter Latham
*Gene Kelly .... Billy Boylan
*Binnie Barnes .... Maud Ericson
*Deborah Raffin .... Trina Stanley
*Billy Green Bush .... J.D. Rogers
*Nancy Walker .... Mrs. Margolin
*Don Porter .... Mr. Latham
*Rosemary Murphy .... Mrs. Latham
*Natalie Schafer .... Mrs. Adams
*Claudia Jennings .... Gabriella
*Sam Chew Jr. .... Arthur Forbes
*Brooke Palance .... Polly
*Andrea True .... Extra

Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Joanne Woodward, Doris Day, Glenda Jackson, Shirley MacLaine and Sophia Loren were all considered for the role of Ann Stanley before the original director (William Wyler) bowed out of the production.fact|date=December 2007

Production credits

*Production Design - Robert Clatworthy
*Set Decoration - George James Hopkins
*Costume Design - Jean Louis
*Sound Department - Dan Wallin
*Lyricists - Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

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