What a Way to Go!
| What a Way to Go! | |
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
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| Story by | Gwen Davis |
| Produced by | Arthur P. Jacobs |
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| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Marjorie Fowler |
| Music by | Nelson Riddle |
Production company | Apjac-Orchard Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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| Budget | $3.7 million |
| Box office | $11.1 million |
What a Way to Go! is a 1964 American black comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke.
In the film, a wealthy widow wants to donate most of her fortune to the Internal Revenue Service. She narrates her life story to her psychiatrist. Each of her past husbands found wealth and success, but met with tragic deaths. She thinks she is cursed, and she would instead prefer a "simple life" inspired by the writings of Henry David Thoreau.