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

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. more

Directing:
  • Anthony Newley

Writing:
  • Herman Raucher
  • Anthony Newley
  • Herbert Kretzmer

Stars:
Release Date: 1969-03-19
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  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 107
  • Budget: $500,000
  • Revenue: $2,100,000

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Joan Collins
Joan Collins
Polyester Poontang
Milton Berle
Milton Berle
Goodtime Eddie Filth
Connie Kreski
Connie Kreski
Mercy Humppe
George Jessel
George Jessel
The Presence
Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth
Uncle Limelight
Patricia Hayes
Patricia Haye...
Grandma
Stubby Kaye
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Fat Writer
Louis Negin
Louis Negin
Producer Peter
Tom Stern
Tom Stern
Producer Ron
Judy Cornwell
Judy Cornwell
Filigree Fondle
Margaret Nolan
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Little Assistance
Yolanda
Yolanda
Trampolena Whambang
Lynda Baron
Lynda Baron
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