Butterfield 8 - Movie Review

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

What, you wanna see Liz Taylor as a call girl? Ya perv. Taylor's heralded performance as the archetypal hooker ("the slut of all time!") with a heart of gold is a bit overrated, it's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof all over again (which she made just two years prior) -- and that was a better movie, too. Laurence Harvey is more effective as the client she falls in love with -- alas, he's married and he's a cad, to boot. This leaves plenty of time for some Oscar-caliber waterworks, which is pretty much how Butterfield 8 shakes out.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1960

Run time: 109 mins

In Theaters: Friday 4th November 1960

Distributed by: MGM Home Entertainment

Production compaines: Afton-Linebrook

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 2.5 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Fresh: 8 Rotten: 9

IMDB: 6.4 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Daniel Mann

Producer: Pandro S. Berman

Screenwriter: John Michael Hayes, Charles Schnee

Starring: Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Wandrous, Laurence Harvey as Weston Liggett, Eddie Fisher as Steve Carpenter, Dina Merrill as Emily Liggett, Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Wandrous, Betty Field as Mrs. Fanny Thurber, George Voskovec as Dr. Tredman, Jeffrey Lynn as Bingham Smith, Susan Oliver as Norma, Kay Medford as Happy

Also starring: John Michael Hayes, Charles Schnee