Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Anthony Newley

Heironymous Merkin

Age : 67 | Popularity : 34%

Joan Collins

Polyester Poontang

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Bruce Forsyth

Uncle Limelight

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%

Milton Berle

Goodtime Eddie Filth

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Stubby Kaye

Fat Writer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 36%

George Jessel

The Presence

Age : 83 | Popularity : 16%

Connie Kreski

Mercy Humppe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Alexander Newley

Thaxted

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Anthony Newley
Writing	Writer	Anthony Newley Herman Raucher
	Lyricist	Herbert Kretzmer
Art	Opening Title Sequence	Richard Williams
	Art Direction	Bill Constable
	Set Decoration	Scott Slimon
Production	Producer	Anthony Newley
	Associate Producer	George Fowler
Camera	Director of Photography	Otto Heller
Editing	Editor	Bernard Gribble
Sound	Original Music Composer	Anthony Newley
Department	Role	Name

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