How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (film)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Swift
Screenplay byDavid Swift
Story byAbe Burrows
Jack Weinstock
Willie Gilbert
Based onHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
by Shepherd Mead
Produced byDavid Swift
Walter Mirisch
Irving Temaner
StarringRobert Morse
Michele Lee
Rudy Vallee
Anthony Teague
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byAllan Jacobs
Ralph E. Winters
Music byFrank Loesser (songs)
Nelson Riddle (incidental music)
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 9, 1967 (1967-03-09)[1]
Running time
121 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[3]
Box office$2,900,000 (rentals)[4]

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a 1967 American romantic musical comedy-drama film based on the 1961 stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book. The film was produced by United Artists and directed by David Swift, with original staging by Bob Fosse.

The cast includes Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee and Michele Lee all reprising their Broadway roles; as well as Anthony Teague, and Maureen Arthur.

  1. ^ "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) - Release dates". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  2. ^ "HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 1967-03-01. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  3. ^ Swift New Idea: A Silent Film Los Angeles Times 15 Mar 1967: e12.
  4. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968, pg 25.

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