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The Adding Machine

1969, Movie, NR, 102 mins

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Well-acted film based on the 1923 Elmer Rice play has accomplished Irish actor O'Shea as the frustrated, wife-weary office employee who slaves for retirement only to be fired, replaced by an adding machine. He, in turn, murders his boss and is placed on trial, giving a marvelously moving performance from the witness stand; he is convicted and executed, glad to be rid of his shrewish wife, Diller, whose tongue-lashings and bitchy posturing make her a classic character of hate... read more leave a comment
Year: 1969
Rated NR

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Cast
Phyllis Diller: Mrs. Zero
Milo O'Shea: Zero
Billie Whitelaw: Daisy
Sydney Chaplin: Lt. Charles
Julian Glover: Shrdlu
Raymond Huntley: Smithers

 

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