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{{Infobox film
| name = Drop Dead Darling
| image = Drop Dead Darling.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Ken Hughes]]
| producer = Ken Hughes [[Richard McWhorter]] [[Greg Morrison]] '''executive''' [[Ray Stark]]
| screenplay = [[Ronald Harwood]]
| based_on = Novel ''The Careful Man'' by Richard Deming
| starring = [[Tony Curtis]] [[Rosanna Schiaffino]]
| music =[[Dennis Farnon]]
| cinematography = [[Denys N. Coop]]
| editing =[[John Shirley]]
| studio = [[Seven Arts Pictures]]
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{film date|1967|2|12|df=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = United Kingdom United States
| language = English
|budget =
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'''''Drop Dead Darling''''' (US title: '''''Arrivederci, Baby!''''') is a 1966 British-American [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Hughes]] and starring [[Tony Curtis]], [[Rosanna Schiaffino]], [[Lionel Jeffries]] and [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114183002/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61436 BFI.org]</ref>

==Plot==
A man goes around marrying wealthy women, and then murdering them. However, his third wife has married him with similar intentions.

==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=26em}}
* [[Tony Curtis]] ... Nick Johnson
* [[Rosanna Schiaffino]] ... Francesca
* [[Lionel Jeffries]] ... Parker
* [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] ... Gigi
* [[Nancy Kwan]] ... Baby
* [[Fenella Fielding]] ... Fenella
* [[Anna Quayle]] ... Aunt Miriam
* [[Warren Mitchell]] ... Conte de Rienz / Maximillian
* [[Mischa Auer]] ... Romeo
* [[Noel Purcell (actor)|Noel Purcell]] ... Capt. O'Flannery
* [[Alan Gifford]] ... American Brasshat
* [[Joseph Furst]] ... German Brasshat
* [[Monti DeLyle]] ... Butler
* [[Bernard Spear]] ... French Inspector
* [[Eileen Way]] ... Italian Dressmaker
* [[Bruno Barnabe]] ... Head Waiter
* [[Gábor Baraker]] ... Gypsy Baron
* [[Tony Baron]] ... Baby's Boyfriend
* [[Eunice Black]] ... Matron
* [[John Brandon (actor)|John Brandon]] ... Radio Engineer
* [[Windsor Davies]] ... Radio Engineer
* [[Franco De Rosa]] ... Romano
* [[John Fordyce (actor)|John Fordyce]] ... Boy in Orphanage
* [[Yole Marinelli]] ... First Maid
* [[Miki Iveria]] ... Second Maid
* [[Henri Vidon]] ... Priest
* [[Raymond Young]] ... Photographer
* [[Jacqueline Bisset]] ... Dancer
{{div col end}}

==Production==
The film was also known as ''You Just Kill Me'', ''You're Dead Right'', ''My Last Duchess'', and ''The Careful Man''.<ref>Movie Title's Right Where You Come In
The Washington Post and Times-Herald 3 Dec 1965: B11.</ref>

In May 1962 Joshua Logan announced he would make a film about a wife killer called ''The Careful Man'' based on a Edmund Morris from an original story by Max Franklin. The film would be done with Seven Arts Pictures and Logan would produce and direct.<ref>LOGAN'S 'CAREFUL MAN'--'L'ENCLOS'--AMBLER
By A.H. WEILER. New York Times 20 May 1962: X7.</ref> It was described as a suspense melodrama.<ref>Is French Riviera a Location Threat?: Mare Nostrum for Pacific; Seattle Claims Best Films
Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 23 May 1962: C13.</ref>

In July 1962 Seven Arts announced ''The Careful Man'' would be one of 20 films it would make with MGM.<ref>M-G-M AND 7 ARTS TO JOIN ON FILMS: 20 Projects and Broadway Ventures Are Planned
New York Times 16 July 1962: 18.</ref>

Filming started in August 1965 under the title ''You Just Kill Me'' with Ken Hughes as a director and Tony Curtis as star.<ref>Looking at Hollywood: Stark Gets Big Cast for 'Paris Burning'
Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Tribune 30 July 1965: b11.</ref> Curtis said he took the job "because of the excellent script by Ken Hughes."<ref>Curtis p 400</ref> Zsa Zsa Gabor's casting was announced in October.<ref>Martin Ransohoff Acquires Novel Before Publication
Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 26 Oct 1965: c9.</ref> Filming took place in London at Shepperton Studios and in Cannes. Curtis said he was romantically interested in all his leading ladies but did not have affairs with any.<ref>Curtis p 400</ref>

Curtis later said "the problem with the picture was that it was disjointed. The individual scenes were funny but the production company couldn't figure out a way to link them all together."<ref>Curtis p 403</ref>

==Reception==
The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "cleverly sketched".<ref>Tony Curtis in Role of Lady Killer
Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 30 Dec 1966: C6.</ref>

''Filmink'' called it "a frantic farce".<ref name="filmink">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/ken-hughes-forgotten-auteur/|title=Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur|date=14 November 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==Notes==
*{{cite book|title= American prince : a memoir|last=Curtis|first= Tony|year=2008 |publisher=Thorndike Press}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0060128}}

{{Ken Hughes}}

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