Burt Shevelove

Filmography

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The Wrong Box (1966)
Screenwriter
The Wrong Box (1966)
Co-producer
June Moon (1974)
Director
The Right Man (1960)
Director
The Best of Anything (1960)
Director
What's a Museum For, Anyway? (1978)
Producer

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Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, A -- (Movie Clip) Comedy Tonight!
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Wrong Box, The -- (Movie Clip) Tontine

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Filmography

 

Writer (Feature Film)

The Wrong Box (1966)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

The Wrong Box (1966)
Co-producer

Director (Special)

June Moon (1974)
Director
The Right Man (1960)
Director
The Best of Anything (1960)
Director

Producer (Special)

What's a Museum For, Anyway? (1978)
Producer
That Was the Year That Was (1976)
Executive Producer
Opening Night (1962)
Producer
Art Carney Meets the Sorcerer's Apprentice (1959)
Producer
Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (1959)
Producer

Life Events

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Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, A -- (Movie Clip) Comedy Tonight! Director Richard Lester with the opening tune, as catchy as any in composer Stephen Sondheim's catalog, delivered with the credits by star Zero Mostel as slave "Pseudolus," who gets caught by his owners (Michael Hordern, Patricia Jessel), in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, 1966.
Wrong Box, The -- (Movie Clip) Tontine Lawyer (Hilton Edwards) and clerk (Timothy Bateson) perform their duties administering the tontine, on which will hinge the events of The Wrong Box, 1966, from a story by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.
Wrong Box, The -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Austin Powers would love the opening credits for The Wrong Box, 1966, starring Michael Caine, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, directed by Bryan Forbes, from a script by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove.
Wrong Box, The -- (Movie Clip) Nutmeg Tarts Cousin Morris (Peter Cook) collects eggs and John (Dudley Moore) girls as a telegraph arrives and they rush to venerable uncle John (Ralph Richardson) in Bryan Forbes' The Wrong Box, 1966.
Wrong Box, The -- (Movie Clip) Masterman, Peacock First scene for medical student Michael (Michael Caine) who fails to discern that grandfather Masterman (John Mills) has not died, then must humor demented butler Peacock (Wifrid Lawson) in The Wrong Box, 1966.
Wrong Box, The -- (Movie Clip) Fatalities Many and varied scenes and players illuminating the spectacular British demise of members of the "tontine," in The Wrong Box, from a script by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove.

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