The Troublemaker

Name: The Troublemaker
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1965-01-10
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Tom Aldredge, Joan Darling, James Frawley

1964
Approved
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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Comedy

A naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house. The obstacles he must overcome include the mob (who, in one of the movie's funniest scenes, surrepti... Read allA naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house. The obstacles he must overcome include the mob (who, in one of the movie's funniest scenes, surreptitiously follow him in a garbage truck) and corrupt officials--among them, an Irish fire ch... Read allA naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house. The obstacles he must overcome include the mob (who, in one of the movie's funniest scenes, surreptitiously follow him in a garbage truck) and corrupt officials--among them, an Irish fire chief, played by Godfrey Cambridge, black comic actor.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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Trivia
Final film of Adelaide Klein.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: An Unidentified City

Connections
References Bambi (1942)

Soundtracks
Here I Go Again
Composed by Cy Coleman
Conducted by Richard Hazard (as Dick Hazard)
Lyrics by Tommy Wolf
Sung by China Lee

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Featured review

7/10

Quirky jewel from the 60s

I saw the movie on cable last night, but could not find it in the TV listing, ironically enough. I didn't catch the entire film, maybe about an hour's worth, but it is definitely one of the most offbeat films from the era. Buck Henry came off as a cross between Jack Lemmon and Steve Allen, with Tom Aldredge as a Gene Wilder type.

The entire ambience was reminiscent of Dobie Gillis and there is a very New York-sensibility throughout. Actually it almost seemed like the cinematic bonding of Woody Allen and Maynard G. Krebs.

It also seemed to foreshadow the coming free love movement of the latter part of the 60s with a very frank look at sexual openness in relationships.

Surprising, quirky and original. I would love to own it on DVD if it ever becomes available. Wishful thinking? Well, it is being played on cable, so who knows?