Too Much Johnson(2013)

NRComedy1h 6m

Overview

This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.

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Status: Released

Budget: $0Revenue: $0

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Top Billed Cast

  1. Joseph Cotten

    Joseph Cotten

    Augustus Billings

  2. Virginia Nicolson

    Virginia Nicolson

    Lenore Faddish

  3. Arlene Francis

    Arlene Francis

    Mrs. Dathis

  4. Mary Wickes

    Mary Wickes

    Mrs. Battison

  5. Orson Welles

    Orson Welles

    Keystone Kop

  6. John Houseman

    John Houseman

    Duelist

  7. Judy Holliday

    Judy Holliday

    (uncredited)

  8. Edgar Barrier

    Edgar Barrier

    Leon Dathis

  9. Ruth Ford

    Ruth Ford

    Mrs. Billings

  10. Eustace Wyatt

    Eustace Wyatt

    Francis Faddish

  11. Guy Kingsley Poynter

    Henry MacIntosh

  12. George Duthie

    Purser

  13. John Berry

    John Berry

  14. Marc Blitzstein

    Marc Blitzstein

    Extra

  15. Herbert Drake

    Keystone Kop