He Laughed Last

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He Laughed Last is a 1956 film by Blake Edwards. A Runyonesque Roaring 20s musical comedy about a show girl who circumstance casts as an unlikely mob boss. Edwards adapted the film for his 1999 off-Broadway show, Big Rosemary. Edwards directed Cady Huffman in the Lucy Marlow role from the original. Edwards rewrote the show which he directed for a 2004 Los Angeles stage production starring Jennifer Leigh Warren. One of the highlights of the movie ... more
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  • Aug 12, 1956

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  • 1 h 17 min

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Blake Edwards

William Blake Crump (born July 26, 1922), better known as Blake Edwards, is an Academy Award–winning American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards was the son of a stage director. He began his career as an actor and script-writer, including seven screenplays...

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