Review of The Only Game in Town (1970) by Lee Anne W — 31 Aug 2010
Elizabeth Taylor, who at 38 is more Martha than Maggie, is a Vegas showgirl (!) who falls for restaurant piano player Warren Beatty. He plans to move to NYC to make it big, but every time he gets close to saving the $5,000 he wants to move, he blows it on the craps tables.
This movie is really bad, but I loved watching it. The clothes, the set (Elizabeth's apartment is a green and turquoise nightmare), the intrusive Maurice Jarre score, the cinematography (lots of soft focus for the closeups)---it was a train wreck. Knowing that it was filmed in France (again, !) because Elizabeth Taylor wanted to be close to Richard Burton, who was also filming in Europe, only increases the novelty. It was poor George Stevens' last film.
This review of The Only Game in Town (1970) was written by Lee Anne W on 31 Aug 2010.
The Only Game in Town has generally received mixed reviews.
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