Plot

Adapted by Jay Presson Allen from the French farce by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, Forty Carats is a standard-issue sex comedy elevated by the performances of its stars. Fortyish Realtor Ann Stanley (Liv Ullman) finds herself attracted to Peter Latham (Edward Albert) - a man literally half her age. After a summer fling in Greece, Ann and Peter come to a parting of the ways, and that, Ann supposes, is that. Imagine her surprise when Peter comes to visit her back in New York. Though at first dismissed as a fortune hunter, Peter turns out to a financial whiz with a lot more in the bank than his lady friend. Both Ann's mother (Binnie Barnes, whose husband Mike Frankovich produced the film) and daughter (Deborah Raffin) are delighted at the prospect of Ann's romance with Peter -- the only one unsure is Ann herself. Lending his considerable comic expertise to Forty Carats is Gene Kelly as Liv Ullman's ex-husband-who also takes a liking to the personable Edward Albert and encourages the May-December romance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Liv Ullmann - Ann Stanley
• Edward Albert - Peter Latham
• Gene Kelly - Billy Boylan
• Deborah Raffin - Trina Stanley

Billy Green Bush - J.D. Rogers; Binnie Barnes - Maud Ericson; Sam Chew - Arthur Forbes; Claudia Jennings - Gabriella; Rosemary Murphy - Mrs. Latham; Brooke Palance - Polly; Don Porter - Mr. Latham; Natalie Schafer - Mrs. Adams; Nancy Walker - Mrs. Margolin

Credit

Jean Louis - Costume Designer, Dick Moder - First Assistant Director, Milton Katselas - Director, David Blewitt - Editor, Michel Legrand - Composer (Music Score), Alan Bergman - Songwriter, Marilyn Bergman - Songwriter, Robert Clatworthy - Production Designer, Charles B. Lang - Cinematographer, Mike J. Frankovich - Producer, M.J. Frenkovich - Producer, George James Hopkins - Set Designer, Arthur Piantadosi - Sound/Sound Designer, Alfred J. Overton - Sound/Sound Designer, Jay Presson Allen - Screenwriter, Leonard Gershe - Screenwriter, Jean-Pierre Grédy - Play Author, Pierre Barillet - Play Author

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