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- While the presentation didn't exactly turn out to be the consummate emotional experience Stevens was obviously striving for, "The Only Game in Town" is still a most respectable piece of work. With this opus, a great film director bid his final farewell to the medium.
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"The Only Game in Town" was a disappointing finale to the career of director George Stevens, who retired after the film's failure. More than four decades after its release, the movie is difficult to sit through, despite the efforts of Taylor and Beatty to inject some life into a moribund story.
The Only Game in Town: Directed by George Stevens. With Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Charles Braswell, Hank Henry. Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player.
- (1.1K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- George Stevens
- 1970-01-21
The Twilight Time Blu-ray of The Only Game in Town is a fine HD transfer of this now-obscure curiosity, which should more than satisfy fans of Liz on the wane and Warren Beatty ascending.
Mar 26, 2011 · Only Game in Town, The (1970): George Stevens Last Film, Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty. March 26, 2011 by EmanuelLevy. Though starring two of the hottest actors of the time, Warren Beatty and Elizabeth Taylor, The Only Game in Town is one of George Stevens’ weakest films. Our Grade: C+ (** out of *****)
Although some of the dialog sparkles, in general, THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN is overly talkly and thinly plotted, a programmer dressed up in ermine. In the film's only memorable...
Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jan 27, 2019. A minor footnote in the glorious career of George Stevens (Giant), who reteams with Liz Taylor for the third time with this plodding melodrama, in...
Set in Vegas, shot in Paris, yet it takes place almost entirely in a boxy apartment. Even though they were only a few years apart in real life, Liz Taylor and Warren Beatty are so anachronistic together it feels like a time-travel movie where nobody's impressed by modern conveniences.
