A New LeafPG

Directed by Elaine May | USA | 1971 | 1h 42m | Starring Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, Doris Roberts

Having squandered his inheritance, a spoiled and self-absorbed playboy is desperate to cling on to his lavish lifestyle. His opportunity arises when he encounters a socially awkward heiress whom he intends to marry and subsequently murder for her fortune. In this delightful screwball romantic comedy, Walter Matthau stars under the direction and writing debut of one of America’s greatest comic legends, Elaine May.

Oxford Women's Festival Classics

Reviews

‘A Manhattan fairy tale with a wonderfully mordant edge.’
★★★★
Tom Hutchinson, Radio Times

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