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Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Gene SaksDirector
- Jerry HermanOriginal Music Composer
- Paul ZindelScreenplay
Cast
- Lucille BallMame
- Bea ArthurVera
- Robert PrestonBeauregard
- Bruce DavisonOlder Patrick
- Kirby FurlongYoung Patrick
- Jane ConnellAgnes Gooch
- George ChiangIto
- Joyce Van PattenSally Cato
- Doria Cook-NelsonGloria Upson
- Don PorterMr. Upson
- Audrey ChristieMrs. Upson
- John McGiverMr. Babcock
Stills
Themes
plantationmusicalgreat depressionbased on play or musicalorphanfox huntaunt nephew relationship1930sinfluential aunt or uncle