The Loved One (film)

The Loved One
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tony Richardson
Screenplay by	Terry Southern Christopher Isherwood
Based on	The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Produced by	John Calley Haskell Wexler
Starring	Robert Morse Jonathan Winters Anjanette Comer Rod Steiger
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler
Edited by	Hal Ashby Brian Smedley-Aston Antony Gibbs (supervising)
Music by	John Addison
Production company	Filmways
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 11, 1965 (1965-10-11)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	£860,000[1]
Box office	$2 million (est. US/Canada rentals)[2]

The Loved One is a 1965 black-and-white black comedy film directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson. A satirical look at the funeral business in Los Angeles, it is based on Evelyn Waugh's 1948 short novel The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy, though the screenplay by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood also incorporates elements from Jessica Mitford's 1963 nonfiction book The American Way of Death.^[3] The film stars Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, and Rod Steiger, with Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Tab Hunter, Margaret Leighton, Liberace, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Barbara Nichols, and Lionel Stander credited as "cameo guest stars", and features the debut acting performance of songwriter Paul Williams.