Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1970 Irish film
  • July 13, 1970 (1970-07-13) (NYC)
  • June 9, 1972 (1972-06-09) (Ireland)
Running time
90 minutesCountryRepublic of IrelandLanguageEnglishBudget$1.2 million[1]
Gene Wilder and Margot Kidder

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 Irish-American comedy film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It stars Gene Wilder as the title character, a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love with an American exchange student (Margot Kidder) after she almost runs him over.

Plot

In Dublin, a working-class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.

Cast

  • Gene Wilder as Aloysius "Quackser" Fortune
  • Margot Kidder as Zazel Pierce
  • Eileen Colgan as Betsy Bourke
  • Seamus Forde as Mr. Fortune
  • May Ollis as Mrs. Fortune
  • Liz Davis as Kathleen Fortune
  • Caroline Tully as Vera Fortune
  • David Kelly as Tom Maguire
  • David Davin-Power (uncredited extra)[2]

Nomination

The film was nominated for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (WGA Award – Screen) at the Writers Guild of America, awards in 1971.

Home media

The film was released on DVD on September 7, 1999.[3]

References

  1. ^ HOWARD THOMPSON (14 August 1969). "Mae West Back in Films For 'Myra Breckinridge'". New York Times. p. 26.
  2. ^ Murphy, Darragh Peter (3 September 2016). "Gene Wilder starred as a dung-scooper in an Irish film that featured RTE's political correspondent". TheJournal.ie.
  3. ^ "Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx".

External links

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Films directed by Waris Hussein
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  • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
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  • The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
  • Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
  • Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
  • Princess Daisy (1983)
  • The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
  • Arch of Triumph (1984)
  • Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985)
  • Copacabana (1985)
  • When the Bough Breaks (1986)
  • Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
  • Killer Instinct (1988)
  • Those She Left Behind (1989)
  • The Shell Seekers (1989)
  • Switched at Birth (1991)
  • The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
  • A Child's Wish (1997)
  • Sixth Happiness (1997)


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