The Notorious Landlady

The Notorious Landlady
Directed byRichard Quine
Written byBlake Edwards
Larry Gelbart
Based onThe Notorious Tenant
1956 Collier's
by Margery Sharp[1][2]
Produced byFred Kohlmar
Richard Quine
StarringKim Novak
Jack Lemmon
Fred Astaire
Lionel Jeffries
Estelle Winwood
CinematographyArthur E. Arling
Edited byCharles Nelson
Music byGeorge Duning
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 26, 1962 (1962-07-26)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.7 million (US/Canada)[3]

The Notorious Landlady is a 1962 American comedy mystery film starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire.[4][5] The film was directed by Richard Quine, with a script by Blake Edwards and Larry Gelbart based on the short story "The Notorious Tenant" by Margery Sharp.

  1. ^ Sharp, Margery (February 3, 1956). "Notorious Tenant". Collier's Weekly. pp. 48, 42–55.
  2. ^ "The Notorious Landlady (1962)". TCM.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. 9 Jan 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures
  4. ^ Variety film review; June 27, 1962, page 6.
  5. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; June 30, 1962, page 98.