Director: Richard Lester

Writer: Terrence McNally

From a play: The Ritz by Terrence McNally

Keywords: Comedy

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
F. Murray Abraham	Actor	24-Oct-1939		Mozart's antagonist in Amadeus
Kaye Ballard	Actor	20-Nov-1926	21-Jan-2019	The Mothers-in-Law
George Coulouris	Actor	1-Oct-1903	25-Apr-1989	Watch on the Rhine
Bessie Love	Actor	10-Sep-1898	26-Apr-1986	The Broadway Melody
Rita Moreno	Actor	11-Dec-1931		West Side Story, Electric Company
John Ratzenberger	Actor	6-Apr-1947		Postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers
Jerry Stiller	Actor	8-Jun-1927		Frank Costanza on Seinfeld
Jack Weston	Actor	21-Aug-1924	3-May-1996	Wait Until Dark
Treat Williams	Actor	1-Dec-1951		Prince of the City

REVIEWS

Review by Chaz (posted on 29-Aug-2005)

Director Dick Lester's comic (if cult) classic. In the same vein as the Marx Bros. and The Beatle's A Hard Days Night which he also directed the movie is a joyride of comedy and mid-sixties sexual morality.

Jack Weston, a garbage man from Cleveland, who know garbage men were gay (a running joke in the movie) tells his cab driver to take him to the last place on earth his crazed Italian brother-in-law would look for him.

The brother-in-law, played in a preview of his future talented roles, by Jerry Stiller is a mobster who wants to get Proclo, his garbageman brother in law, who papa never liked, and whose last wish was to get Proclo.

From their the movie takes off on a romp through a gay bath-house with Tony winner, Rita Moreno, playing the Puerto Rican singer, who gets mistaken for a drag queen.

Interspersed with gay jokes and enough silly action to keep you laughing til the last of the credits, The Ritz is a fun time for anyone with an open mind and a love of slapstick comedy.

Rounding out the cast are Kay Ballard as the long-suffering wife. Jack Weston, as Proclo, and oscar winner F. Murray Abraham all in memorable roles.

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