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The Ritz


Director: Richard Lester

Genre: Comedy

Year: 1976

Running time: 91 minutes

Territory: Worldwide

Studio: Warner Bros.

Cast: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller

New York, 1976. When nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo discovers that his mobster brother-in-law has ordered a hit on him, he desperately begs his cab driver to take him to the last place the mafia would look for him--and finds himself inside The Ritz.The clueless Proclo (Jack Weston) slowly realizes that his hideout is a swinging gay bathhouse. And the patrons never do discover that the chubby Proclo has not come looking for a sexual encounter. Now, Proclo not only ducks assassins, but also a squeaky-voiced private detective (Treat Williams), an amorous chubby chaser and the one-and-only cabaret singer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who mistakes Proclo for a Broadway producer in this hilarious comedy of errors.Based on the hit Broadway comedy by Terrence McNally.Rita Moreno won a Tony Award for her Broadway performance.




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