Too Much Johnson (5.4)

Movie · 2013 · 1 h 07 min · Comedy

This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.

Directed by: Orson Welles

Starring Joseph Cotten, Virginia Nicolson, Arlene Francis, Mary Wickes, Orson Welles, John Houseman, Edgar Barrier, Ruth Ford, Eustace Wyatt, Guy Kingsley Poynter

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