Death Takes a Holiday

Film per la TV
1971
1h 13min

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaDeath takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.

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Interpreti principali17

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Yvette Mimieux

Peggy Chapman

Monte Markham

David Smith

Melvyn Douglas

Judge Earl Chapman

Myrna Loy

Selena Chapman

Bert Convy

John Cummings

Kerwin Mathews

Senator Earl Chapman, Jr.

Priscilla Pointer

Marion Chapman

Colby Chester

Tony Chapman

Austin Willis

Martin Herndon

Maureen Reagan

Ellen Chapman

Regis Cordic

TV Announcer
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Lydia Cristian

Minor Role
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Corna Day

Minor Role
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Juan De Villa

Minor Role
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Mario Machado

TV Announcer
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Tina Menard

Minor Role
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Daniel Nunez

Minor Role
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Regia
- Robert Butler
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In her biography Myrna Loy recalled working with her longtime friend Melvyn Douglas on this TV film. "Mel and I have some lovely moments in Death Takes a Holiday. We finished the last of them way up on the hill at Universal, when suddenly we heard a studio tour guide bellowing, 'And this is Rock Hudson's dressing room.' The travelogue persisted throughout our gentle scene. 'O.K.!' Mel roared when we finished. 'I've had it!' He stomped off the set and flew back to New York on the next plane without doing his dubs. Universal had to send someone after him to record them, which delighted me. It is really such an insult to actors to work under those circumstances."

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David Smith: I came here to solve what for me has been a riddle for as long as there's been life. I had to understand why people cling so tenaciously to living... why they're so afraid of what I can bring them. I want to know what is there that makes men and women fight so desperately to remain in a world so unhappy, so filled with hate and now so polluted with real poisons.

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Remake of La morte in vacanza (1934)

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9/10

A Classic Remake of a Classic

This has to be my all-time favorite movie. Perhaps it appeals more as a Romance with supernatural undertones. The acting alone is not exceptional, but when you combine the story, actors, set and filming techniques....it's a winner.

I remember seeing it on television in 1971 and then again in the late 90's. It's really a shame that this movie does not get more air play or that it has never been released on VHS or DVD. With the release of "Meet Joe Black," the story line was somewhat resurrected. However, this remake doesn't compare with the 1971 version.

The original black and white version may appeal to some, but I really enjoyed the color version more. In fact, it wasn't until I saw the 1971 made for TV movie that I even heard about the book/play.

The story really makes you wonder, not so much about the romance, but what WOULD really happen if "Death" took a holiday.