| Sextette | |
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 Poster art by Drew Struzan | |
| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Screenplay by | Herbert Baker |
| Story by | Charlotte Francis |
| Based on | Sextette by Mae West |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Crabe |
| Edited by | Argyle Nelson Jr. |
| Music by | Artie Butler |
| Distributed by | Crown International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[2]–$8 million[3][4] |
| Box office | $50,000[4] |
Sextette is a 1978 American musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, and starring Mae West in her final film, [5] alongside an ensemble cast including Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper and Walter Pidgeon.[5]
Produced by Daniel Briggs, Robert Sullivan and Harry Weiss[5] for the production company Briggs and Sullivan, the screenplay was dramatized for the screen by Herbert Baker, from West's final stage performance play of the same title, later renamed Sextet, which West herself had written (based on a story idea by Charlotte Francis) and originally performed in 1961.[6] Costumes were designed by Edith Head.
Filmed at Paramount Studios, Sextette was West's final film, as well as that of Pidgeon and Moon. Featured were cameos by Rona Barrett, Regis Philbin and George Raft, all of whom appeared as themselves. The film was a major box office bomb, grossing just $50,000 against an estimated budget of $4–8 million.
- ^ Opened March 2 at Cinerama Dome as per Eells-Musgrove biography of West p. 304
- ^ "Timothy Dalton: Mae West's Latest Leading". The Washington Post, 25 Jan 1977: B8.
- ^ "Sextette (1978)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Gabbi Shaw (February 27, 2017). "The biggest box office flop from the year you were born". Insider. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Sextette". TCM Movie Database. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- ^ "Sextet"stage program, by The Kenley Players, Ohio, August, 1961