Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)

Directors

Anthony Newley

Cast

Anthony Newley, Bruce Forsyth, Connie Kreski, George Jessel, Joan Collins, Milton Berle, Patricia Hayes, Stubby Kaye, Tom Stern

The story

Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. His promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin compares the relationship with Mercy Humppe to that of Humbert Humbert and Lolita.

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