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Jan 21, 1970 · While waiting in vain for her married lover to get a divorce, Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), a lonely chorus girl approaching middle age, falls for Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), a frustrated musician and compulsive gambler who dreams of escaping Las Vegas for fame and fortune in New York City. — alfiehitchie.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- George Stevens
- 1970-01-21
The Only Game in Town is a 1970 American romantic comedy-drama film, the last directed by George Stevens. It stars Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty . The screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy is based on his play of the same name which had a brief run on Broadway in 1968.
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Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) is an aging Las Vegas chorus girl. She has given her wealthy San Francisco, California-based married lover Tom Lockwood (Charles Braswell), who she has not seen in six months, ultimatum after ultimatum in leaving his wife, Fran always ending back in his arms, despite him not having succumbed to her ultimatum. Fra...
20th Century Fox paid $550,000 for the film rights before the play opened on Broadway, with Frank D. Gilroy to get $150,000 to write the script. The play, starring Tammy Grimes and Barry Nelson, was not a success, running only sixteen performances. The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway. Elizabeth Ta...
The film was released January 21, 1970 at the Beverly in Los Angeles.It grossed $28,000 in its opening week.
Box office
According to Fox records the film required $19,300,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $4,525,000. In September 1970 the studio had lost $7,557,000 on the film. The Only Game in Town was the second-worst financial failure for Fox, behind Cleopatraalso starring Taylor. Stevens did not direct another film.
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews. In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby stated, "Assigning [Stevens, Beatty, and Taylor] to the film version of Frank D. Gilroy's small, sentimental, Broadway flop is rather like trying to outfit a leaky Central Park rowboat for a celebrity cruise through the Greek islands. The result is a phenomenological disaster . . . Nothing in The Only Game in Townseems quite on the up and up. Everything, including both the humor and the pathos, is bogus." In a...
Medved, Harry; Medved, Michael (1984). The Hollywood Hall of Shame: The Most Expensive Flops in Movie History. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207149291.
The Only Game in Town at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsThe Only Game in Town (1970 film) at AllMovieThe Only Game in Town (1970 film) at IMDbThe Only Game in Town (1970 film) at Rotten TomatoesBrief Synopsis. A chorus girl meets a pianist in Las Vegas and they embark on an affair only to be interrupted by his gambling and the arrival of her former lover. Cast & Crew. Read More. George Stevens. Director. Elizabeth Taylor. Fran Walker. Warren Beatty. Joe Grady. Charles Braswell. Thomas Lockwood. Hank Henry. Tony. Olga Valery.
The Only Game in Town (1970) PG 01/21/1970 (US) Romance , Drama , Comedy 1h 53m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Dice was his vice. Men hers. Overview. Fran walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe, the piano player. Joe plans on winning $5,000 and leave Las Vegas. Fran waits for something else.
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Las Vegas chorus girl Fran Walker (Elizabeth Taylor) is sick and tired of being the other woman in the life of businessman Thomas Lockwood (Charles Braswell).
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