(Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Comedy,

Music

Runtime:

107 minutes

Year:

1969

Directors:

Anthony Newley

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Production companies:

Universal Pictures,

J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors

Budget:

$500,000

Revenue:

$2,100,000

Actors:

Heironymous Merkin

Polyester Poontang

Uncle Limelight

Goodtime Eddie Filth

Fat Writer

Crews:

Director

Writer

Writer

Art Direction

Editor