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Butterfield 8 Review
By Christopher Null
What, you wanna see Liz Taylor as a call girl? Ya perv. Taylor's heralded performance as the archetypal hooker ("the slut of all time!") with a heart of gold is a bit overrated, it's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof all over again (which she made just two years prior) -- and that was a better movie, too. Laurence Harvey is more effective as the client she falls in love with -- alas, he's married and he's a cad, to boot. This leaves plenty of time for some Oscar-caliber waterworks, which is pretty much how Butterfield 8 shakes out.
Facts and Figures
Year: 1960
Run time: 109 mins
In Theaters: Friday 4th November 1960
Distributed by: MGM Home Entertainment
Production compaines: Afton-Linebrook
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 2.5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Fresh: 8 Rotten: 9
IMDB: 6.4 / 10
Cast & Crew
Director: Daniel Mann
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: John Michael Hayes, Charles Schnee
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Wandrous, Laurence Harvey as Weston Liggett, Eddie Fisher as Steve Carpenter, Dina Merrill as Emily Liggett, Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Wandrous, Betty Field as Mrs. Fanny Thurber, George Voskovec as Dr. Tredman, Jeffrey Lynn as Bingham Smith, Susan Oliver as Norma, Kay Medford as Happy
Also starring: John Michael Hayes, Charles Schnee
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