Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969

1h 47m

4.8

4.8/10

10 votes • View on IMDb

"Heironymus Merkin, the most talented movie star who ever sang, danced and loved girls, girls, girls."

Overview

Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. Merkin's promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin is constantly surrounded by a Satan-like procurer, Goodtime Eddie Filth, and an angelic 'Presence' who interrupts Merkin's biography with cryptic Borscht Belt-level jokes to denote births and deaths in Merkin's life. Newley periodically steps out of character to complain about his 'Merkin' role with an unseen director, two screenwriters, the film's producers and a trio of blasé movie critics who are turned off by the story's eroticism and lack of plot.

Status: Released

Budget: $500,000

Revenue: $2,100,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Universal Pictures J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

autobiographical

Quick Facts

Release Date	March 19, 1969
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0064123

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