40 Pounds of Trouble

40 Pounds of Trouble
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNorman Jewison
Written byMarion Hargrove
Based onLittle Miss Marker
by Damon Runyon
Produced byStan Margulies
StarringTony Curtis
Suzanne Pleshette
Larry Storch
CinematographyJoseph MacDonald
Edited byMarjorie Fowler
Music byMort Lindsey
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal-International Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1962 (1962-12-31)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,750,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

40 Pounds of Trouble is a 1962 comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette, Larry Storch and Phil Silvers. It is a retelling of Damon Runyon's 1932 short story Little Miss Marker.[2]

  1. ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, January 8, 1964, p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
  2. ^ Bosley Crowther (January 24, 1963). "Screen: '40 Pounds of Trouble'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2012.