What a Way to Go!
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What a Way to Go!

What A Cast!... What A Past!... What A Show!...

7.1 / 10 1964 1h 51mNR English
ComedyRomance

Storyline

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

Cast & Crew

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Louisa May Foster

Lead
Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Larry Flint

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Rod Anderson Jr.

Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Leonard Crawley

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Pinky Benson

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Dr. Victor Stephanson

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

Edgar Hopper

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

Painter

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. J. Lee Thompson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. What a Way to Go! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker