Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1970 American film by Waris Hussein

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
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Directed by	Waris Hussein
Written by	Gabriel Walsh
Produced by	Mel Howard John H. Cushingham
Starring	Gene Wilder Margot Kidder
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Edited by	Bill Blunden
Music by	Michael Dress
Distributed by	Scotia-Barber (UK) UMC Pictures (USA)
Release dates	July 13, 1970 (1970-07-13) (NYC) June 9, 1972 (1972-06-09) (Ireland)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.2 million

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 comedy film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It stars Gene Wilder as the title character, a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love with an American exchange student (Margot Kidder) after she almost runs him over.

Plot

In Dublin, a working-class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.

Cast

Gene Wilder as Aloysius "Quackser" Fortune
Margot Kidder as Zazel Pierce
Eileen Colgan as Betsy Bourke
Seamus Forde as Mr. Fortune
May Ollis as Mrs. Fortune
Liz Davis as Kathleen Fortune
Caroline Tully as Vera Fortune
David Kelly as Tom Maguire
David Davin-Power (uncredited extra)

Nomination

The film was nominated for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (WGA Award – Screen) at the Writers Guild of America, awards in 1971.

Home media

The film was released on DVD on September 7, 1999.

References

HOWARD THOMPSON (14 August 1969). "Mae West Back in Films For 'Myra Breckinridge'". New York Times. p. 26.
Murphy, Darragh Peter (3 September 2016). "Gene Wilder starred as a dung-scooper in an Irish film that featured RTE's political correspondent". TheJournal.ie.
"Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx".

External links

v t e Films directed by Waris Hussein
A Touch of Love (1969) Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) Melody (1971) The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973) Princess Daisy (1983) The Winter of Our Discontent (1983) Arch of Triumph (1984) Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985) Copacabana (1985) When the Bough Breaks (1986) Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) Killer Instinct (1988) Those She Left Behind (1989) The Shell Seekers (1989) Switched at Birth (1991) The Face on the Milk Carton (1995) A Child's Wish (1997) Sixth Happiness (1997)

Films directed by Waris Hussein

A Touch of Love (1969)
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
Melody (1971)
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
Princess Daisy (1983)
The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
Arch of Triumph (1984)
Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985)
Copacabana (1985)
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
Killer Instinct (1988)
Those She Left Behind (1989)
The Shell Seekers (1989)
Switched at Birth (1991)
The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
A Child's Wish (1997)
Sixth Happiness (1997)

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