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She'll coax the blues right out of your heart!
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."Read moreLess
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
The story
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
Watch trailerCast & crew
Lucille BallMame
Bea ArthurVera
Robert PrestonBeauregard
Bruce DavisonOlder Patrick
Kirby FurlongYoung Patrick
Jane ConnellAgnes Gooch
George Chiang
Joyce Van PattenSally Cato
Don PorterMr. Upson
Audrey ChristieMrs. Upson
John McGiverMr. BabcockExplore the crew
- Director
- Gene Saks
- Producer
- Robert Fryer
- Screenplay
- Paul Zindel
- Producer
- James Cresson
- Director of Photography
- Philip H. Lathrop
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Herman
- Editor
- Maury Winetrobe