Lovin' Molly (1974)
April 14, 1974Release Date
Lovin' Molly (1974)
April 14, 1974Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Anthony Perkins
Gid
Beau Bridges
Johnny
Blythe Danner
Molly
Edward Binns
Mr. Frye
Susan Sarandon
Sarah
Conard Fowkes
Eddie
Claude Traverse
Mr. Taylor
John Henry Faulk
Mr. Grinsom
Marilyn Burns
Sarah
Paul A. Partain
Willy (uncredited)
Richard Ray Lee
Sheriff
Sidney Lumet
Director
Ronald M. Bozman
Technical Advisor
Stephen J. Friedman
Writer
Larry McMurtry
Writer
Charles Okun
Assistant Director
Ralph Rosenblum
Editorial Consultant
Fred Hellerman
Composer
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
Edward R. Brown
Cinematographer
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Joanne Burke
Editor
Robert Drumheller
Set Decoration
John Robert Lloyd
ProductionDesigner
James Sabat
Sound
Laurence Rosenthal
Additional Music
Jack Wright Jr.
Property Master
Samuel Matlovsky
Conductor
Hannah Hempstead
Production Coordinator
David Golden
Associate Producer
Peter Garbarini
Camera Operator
Maggie James
Script Supervisor
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist
Gene Coffin
Costume Design
Paul Hefferan
Set Decoration
Kenneth Goss
Key Grip
Henry R. Dwork
Makeup Artist
Richard S. Goldberg
Assistant Editor
Reggie Takley
Makeup Artist
Stephen Kubenka
Assistant Set Decoration
Robert Rogow
Boom Operator
Craig Camp
Other
Richard Meyerhoff
Gaffer
Michael Golden
Assistant Editor
Bill Henderson
Technical Advisor
Nancy Hopwood
Production Secretary
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Lovin' Molly is a 1974 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner in the title role, Ed Binns, and Susan Sarandon. The film is based on one of Larry McMurtry's first novels, Leaving Cheyenne (1963). Prior to release, the film was also known as Molly, Gid, and Johnny and The Wild and The Sweet.
In an interview with another of the actors in the film, Paul Partain (better known for his role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) described the origins of the film:When Sidney [Lumet] and producer Stephen J. Friedman got into town, they came with what they hoped would be the perfect formula for success. It had worked on The Last Picture Show, and they knew it would work here. It was this: get a Larry McMurtry novel, hire your three lead actors from Hollywood, get a great director, pick up all the rest of the actors and the crew from the local pool and you were set. Great plan, and it almost worked ...
The movie was filmed in Bastrop, Texas; the filming was witnessed by a Texan journalist who later wrote a 1974 Texas Monthly article about it. Lumet directed this film during a span when his Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Equus were nominated for a combined 27 Academy Awards. McMurtry has claimed to have hated the movie as it wasn't very true to his book and says that it "just about killed his father."