Directed by:
Harold PrinceScreenplay:
Hugh WheelerCinematography:
Walter LassallyComposer:
John KanderCast:
Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Heidelinde Weis, Walter Janssen, Enzi Fuchs, Eva Maria Meineke, Jane Carr, Mogens von Gadow, Klaus Havenstein (more)Plots(1)
Based on a novel by Harry Kressing. Mercenary layabout Michael York talks himself into a footman's job at the estate of dissipated countess Angela Lansbury. In his efforts to advance himself socially and monetarily, York stops at nothing--including murder. He is eventually roasted on his own spit, courtesy of Lansbury's gross, ugly daughter Jane Carr. Guiding the debauched destinies of the characters is none other than Broadway luminary Harold Prince. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Angela Lansbury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/969/162969364_426a7a.jpg)
Angela Lansbury
UK
Best movies:
Sweeney Todd (1982) (TV movie)
Gaslight (1944)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
![Michael York](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268872_50a68d.jpg)
Michael York
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
Cabaret (1972)
![Anthony Higgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/844/161844842_69bda9.jpg)
Anthony Higgins
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
![Heidelinde Weis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932531_f3d56e.jpg)
Heidelinde Weis
German Empire
Best movies:
Something for Everyone (1970)
Vorzimmer zur Hölle (2009) (TV movie)
Vorzimmer zur Hölle - Streng geheim! (2011) (TV movie)
![Walter Janssen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762467_75d312.jpg)
Walter Janssen
German Empire
Best movies:
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
![Enzi Fuchs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987500_7a93fb.jpg)
Enzi Fuchs
German Empire
Best movies:
Something for Everyone (1970)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) (series)
![Eva Maria Meineke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/344/160344671_fdd0c3.jpg)
Eva Maria Meineke
German Empire
Best movies:
Ansichten eines Clowns (1976)
Scampolo (1958)
Fantasma d'amore (1981)
![Jane Carr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/542/160542038_77f390.jpg)
Jane Carr
UK
Best movies:
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
Treasure Planet (2002)
![Mogens von Gadow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/378/160378262_6d183f.jpg)
Mogens von Gadow
German Empire
Best movies:
King, Queen, Knave (1972)
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Klaus Havenstein
German Empire
Best movies:
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Hans Pössenbacher
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
The Castle (1968)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Wolfried Lier
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
Didi - Und die Rache der Enterbten (1985)
Hela Gruel
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache (1967)
Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967)
The Green Archer (1961)
Erik Jelde
German Empire
Best movies:
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1968) (series)
Despo Diamantidou
Greece
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
The Horsemen (1971)
Topkapi (1964)
Hilde Weissner
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1966)
Just a Gigolo (1978)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Erland Erlandsen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Song Without End (1960)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Marius Aicher
Best movies:
The American Soldier (1970)
Rio das Mortes (1971) (TV movie)
Something for Everyone (1970)
James Hurley
Best movies:
21 Hours at Munich (1976) (TV movie)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)