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Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 American comedy-drama film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov , who stars in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton , and Beau Bridges .
May 12, 1972 · A mentally disturbed patient (Richard Burton) escapes from a hospital and offers the orderly (Beau Bridges) a deal with the devil (Peter Ustinov). Elizabeth Taylor plays a waitress who joins them in their adventures. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia and more.
An asylum doctor (Peter Ustinov) tracks a devilish inmate (Richard Burton) who schemes with a waitress (Elizabeth Taylor) and a male nurse.
"Hammersmith is Out" is a weird, bizarre, funny movie, directed by that peculiar genius Peter Ustinov (who also appears as the good doctor who runs the asylum). It is a fantasy but it doesn't have soft edges and a too-stylized visual approach like so many fantasies.
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient (Burton) offers the innocent orderly (Bridges) vast riches if he'll help him escape.
Overview. The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape. Peter Ustinov. Director. Stanford Whitmore. Writer.
Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 comedy film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov, who starred in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, and George Raft.
