A rich woman becomes convinced that her husband plans to murder her, leading to an increasingly hectic comedy of errors.A rich woman becomes convinced that her husband plans to murder her, leading to an increasingly hectic comedy of errors.A rich woman becomes convinced that her husband plans to murder her, leading to an increasingly hectic comedy of errors.
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- TriviaLoretta & Gilbert's home in the film was also Steve Sanders' house from 'Beverly Hills, 90210', both filmed in the same era.
- Quotes
Irma Summers: He's giving her a gift!
Loretta: Is it nice?
Irma Summers: It's a necklace!
Loretta: What's it look like?
Irma Summers: Unlike her chest, it looks real!
- ConnectionsReferenced in CBS This Morning: Episode dated 23 May 1990 (1990)
- SoundtracksIt's My Party
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Written by Wally Gold, John Gluck, Herbert Weiner and Seymour Gottlieb
Performed by Joan Rivers and Telma Hopkins
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TV movie of a type now gone
Joan Rivers stars in "How to Murder a Millionaire," a 1990 TV movie also with Telma Hopkins, Meschach Taylor, Alex Rocco, Morgan Fairchild, and David Ogden Stiers.
There was once the occasional comedy TV movie -- Lifetime had a couple, and so did USA Network. Now networks really don't do TV movies, and past a certain point, when they did, they were all crime dramas.
Joan Rivers plays the wife of a filthy rich retiree (Rocco) and she spends all of her time shopping, lunching, going to parties, being pampered, often with her best friend (Fairchild).
After a series of unfortunate mishaps, she becomes convinced that her husband is trying to kill her and sneaks out via a window. The packing scene is great, as she takes an entire shoe tree out of her closet and places it in her suitcase.
She is befriended by a woman (Hopkins) whose boyfriend (Taylor) is a thief and worse.
There's nothing deep here, just Rivers as a shallow woman who finds friendship where she least expected it. She is very funny and it's sad to think she's gone now. She also looks great in this film - I wish she had stopped her self-improvement there. Hopkins and Taylor are very good. Morgan Fairchild doesn't have much to do except look glamorous.
Entertaining, and by TV standards, old-fashioned entertainment at that.
There was once the occasional comedy TV movie -- Lifetime had a couple, and so did USA Network. Now networks really don't do TV movies, and past a certain point, when they did, they were all crime dramas.
Joan Rivers plays the wife of a filthy rich retiree (Rocco) and she spends all of her time shopping, lunching, going to parties, being pampered, often with her best friend (Fairchild).
After a series of unfortunate mishaps, she becomes convinced that her husband is trying to kill her and sneaks out via a window. The packing scene is great, as she takes an entire shoe tree out of her closet and places it in her suitcase.
She is befriended by a woman (Hopkins) whose boyfriend (Taylor) is a thief and worse.
There's nothing deep here, just Rivers as a shallow woman who finds friendship where she least expected it. She is very funny and it's sad to think she's gone now. She also looks great in this film - I wish she had stopped her self-improvement there. Hopkins and Taylor are very good. Morgan Fairchild doesn't have much to do except look glamorous.
Entertaining, and by TV standards, old-fashioned entertainment at that.
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By what name was How to Murder a Millionaire (1990) officially released in Canada in English?
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