Once Is Not Enough

– An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to pleas..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and One Minute
Release Year:
1975
Once Is Not Enough (1975)

An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

20 Jun 1975

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Guy Green

Writer:

Julius J. Epstein, Jacqueline Susann (novel)

Main Actors:

Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton

Plot:

January Wayne, the sheltered, much-loved daughter of a formerly successful Hollywood producer, goes home to New York after a lengthy stint in a Swiss hospital. Mike Wayne has fallen on hard times and decides to marry for money. January is an innocent young woman who searches for her place in the world. Pursued by her rich new stepmother's playboy of a cousin, she instead falls hard for a much older man, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who's a surrogate for her father, before tragedy strikes.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Production:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.6/10