The Gazebo (1959)

movie

(2223)

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release: 1960-01-01
Director: George Marshall
Writers: George Wells , Alec Coppel , Myra Coppel
Language: English
Stars: Glenn Ford , Debbie Reynolds (I) (1932–2016) , Carl Reiner , John McGiver (I) (1913–1975) , Mabel Albertson (1901–1982) , Doro Merande , Bert Freed , Martin Landau , Robert Ellenstein , Dick Wessel
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
AKA: The Gazebo (United Kingdom) , Sin talento para matar (Chile) , Sin talento para matar (Mexico) , Sin talento para matar (Venezuela) , Lysthuset (Denmark) , Den som graver en grav (Norway) , De moorddadige echtgenoot (Netherlands the) , Hankala huvimaja (Finland) , A kilátó (Hungary) , Gazebo (Romania) , O ekviastis ton gymnon modelon (Greece) , Foisorul (Romania) , Lusthuset (Sweden) , Un muerto recalcitrante (Spain) , Sem Talento para Matar (Brazil) , Sin talento para matar (Colombia) , The Gazebo (United States of America) , Die Nervensäge , Sem Talento para Matar (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Gazebo (Ireland) , Садовая беседка , Un mort récalcitrant (France, French Republic) , Sin talento para matar (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , The Gazebo (Canada) , The Gazebo , Sadovaya besedka , Un mort récalcitrant (Belgium) , Wo kommt denn bloß der Tote her? (Austria) , Gazebo (Italy) , The Gazebo (Australia) , Een Vervelend Lijk (Belgium) , Okusan no hadaka wa takaku tsuku (Japan) , Sin talento para matar (Argentina) , 奥様の裸は高くつく (Japan)
Plot: Television writer and director Elliott Nash and his wife Nell have a happy marriage. One day a blackmailer informs Elliott that he has nude photos of his wife Nell, taken when she was only 18 years old. The blackmailer, a certain Dan Shelby, threatens to ruin Nell's reputation and her Broadway stage career if Elliott refuses to pay a ransom. Elliott agrees to pay the blackmailer but the demands increase and Elliott becomes a nervous wreck and a workaholic in his attempt to earn more money for the blackmailer. Elliott even considers selling his house in order to raise the 25 thousand dollars the blackmailer demands. Nell is unaware of the blackmail scheme and often worries about Elliott's state of mind. In desperation, Elliott decides to lure the blackmailer to Elliott's home for a large final payment and kill him. But Elliott is no killer and his planning for the imminent premeditated murder is amateurish at best.
IMDB:tt0052837