Plot

Damon Runyon's story "Little Miss Marker" gets a mid-'60s update in this comedy. Steve McCluskey (Tony Curtis) is the manager of a nightspot in Lake Tahoe owned by Bernie Friedman (Phil Silvers). Steve is the kind of guy who has heard every sob story in the book and is not easily impressed, but his hard heart begins to soften a bit when he meets Penny Piper (Claire Wilcox), a young orphan girl with no one to turn to and nowhere to go. Steve grudgingly takes her in and soon grows fond of the tyke. Penny thinks that Steve needs to get married and settle down, so she starts playing Cupid, trying to set him up with pretty Chris Lockwood (Suzanne Pleshette). However, Steve is still reeling from his failed first marriage and isn't so sure that another trip to the altar would be good for him. The film's finale sends Steve on a wild chase through Disneyland. Forty Pounds of Trouble marked the feature directorial debut of Norman Jewison, who would go on to make In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, and Jesus Christ Superstar. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast

• Tony Curtis - Steve McCluskey
• Phil Silvers - Bernie
• Suzanne Pleshette - Chris
• Claire Wilcox - Penny Piper
• Larry Storch - Floyd

Howard Morris - Julius; Stubby Kaye - Cranston; Edward Andrews - Herman; Jim Bannon - The Westerner; Nicky Blair - Desk Clerk; Eduardo Ciannelli; Paul Comi - Cavanaugh; Sharon Farrell - Dolores; Gerald Gordon - District Attorney; Steve Gravers - Daytime; Hallene Hill - Slot-Machine Player; Charles Horvath - Stooge; Jack LaRue - Nick the Greek; Syl Lamont - Bellboy; Mary Murphy - Liz McCluskey; Gregg Palmer - Piper; Ford Rainey - Judge; Tom Reese - Bassett; Ruth Robinson - Little Old Lady; Karen Steele - Bambi; Charles Victor - Madison Avenue Type; Kevin McCarthy - Blanchard; Warren Stevens - Swing; David Allen - Singer

Credit

Robert Clatworthy - Art Director, Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, Rosemary Odell - Costume Designer, Rosemary Clatworthy - Costume Designer, Norman Jewison - Director, Marjorie Fowler - Editor, Mort Lindsey - Composer (Music Score), Mort Lindsey - Songwriter, Sydney Shaw - Songwriter, Joe MacDonald - Cinematographer, Stan Margulies - Producer, Ruby Levitt - Set Designer, Marion Hargrove - Screenwriter

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