Information
| Year: | 1960 |
| Rating: | 6.2(5735) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Horror |
| Directed by: | Roger Corman Charles B. Griffith Mel Welles |
| Actors: | Jonathan Haze Mel Welles Dick Miller Jackie Joseph Myrtle Vail Karyn Kupcinet |
| "The flowers that kill in the Spring TRA-LA" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Roger Corman | |
| Charles B. Griffith | |
| Mel Welles | |
| Actors | |
| Jonathan Haze | as Seymour Krelboin |
| Mel Welles | as Gravis Mushnick |
| Dick Miller | as Burson Fouch |
| Wally Campo | as Det. Sgt .Joe Fink/Narrator |
| Jack Warford | as Det. Frank Stoolie |
| John Herman Shaner | as Dr. Phoebus Farb |
| Jack Nicholson | as Wilbur Force |
| Robert Coogan | as Tramp |
| Jack Griffin | as Drunk |
| Charles B. Griffith | as Kloy/Screaming Patient/Audrey Junior/Burglar at Flower Shop |
| Actresses | |
| Jackie Joseph | as Audrey Fulquard |
| Myrtle Vail | as Winifred Krelboin |
| Karyn Kupcinet | as Shirley |
| Toby Michaels | as Shirley's Friend |
| Leola Wendorff | as Mrs. Siddie Shiva |
| Lynn Storey | as Mrs. Hortense Fishtwanger - Society of Silent Flower Observers |
| Meri Welles | as Leonora Clyde |
| Dodie Drake | as Waitress |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 28 December 1959 - 29 December 1959 |
| Budget: | USD 27,000 |
| Plot: | Classic black comedy about young schnook who develops a bloodthirsty plant and is forced to kill in order to feed it. The basis for the later hit stage musical. |
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Goofs
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CHAR: The name of the flower shop owner is Gravis Mushnik, but the shop sign says "Mushnick's". Continuity: Frank walks into Detective Fink's office, sits down and lights a cigarette. The cigarette remains in his mouth until a close-up shot, where it is missing. When the wide shot is resumed, the cigarette is back again. Continuity: When Winifred begins sipping her Dr. Slurp's high-octane 'cough medicine' in the bedroom, the bottle is almost full; a moment later when she walks into the living room, the bottle is half empty even though she doesn't drink again until Seymour is leaving. |
Quotes
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Burson Fouch: I remember in one flower shop there was a whole wall covered with poison ivy and people came from miles around to look at that wall and they stayed to buy. Gravis Mushnik: And the owner got rich? Burson Fouch: No, he scratched himself to death in an insane asylum. Wilbur Force: No novocaine. It dulls the senses. Seymour Krelboin: I'm getting pretty tired of you. Audrey Jr.: I need food. Seymour Krelboin: I don't care what you need. Look what you've done, you not only made a butcher out of me but you drove my girl away. Audrey Jr.: Shut up and bring on the food. Gravis Mushnik: Look at it, it grows like a cold sore from the lip. [answering phone] Gravis Mushnik: Flowers, fresh as the springtime, Mushnik's Burson Fouch: My name is Burson Fouch. Gravis Mushnik: Excellent. I am Gravis Mushnik. Burson Fouch: Oh, that's a good one. Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: How's the wife, Frank? Det. Frank Stoolie: Not bad, Joe. Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: Glad to hear it. The kids? Det. Frank Stoolie: Lost one yesterday. Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: Lost one, huh? How'd that happen? Det. Frank Stoolie: Playing with matches Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: Well, those're the breaks Det. Frank Stoolie: I guess so. sign in flower shop: Lots Plants Cheap Gravis Mushnik: It's a finger of speech! Seymour Krelboin: Don't waste your pity on me, Audrey. I'm not worth it. Audry Fulquard: Who says you're not? Seymour Krelboin: Everybody. Audry Fulquard: Yeah, I know. Audry Fulquard: You're gonna be another Luther Glendale. Seymour Krelboin: Pasadena. Audry Fulquard: Burbank. [repeated line] Seymour Krelboin: Oh boy! [repeated line] Seymour Krelboin: I didn't mean it! Seymour Krelboin: I didn't mean it. Gravis Mushnik: You didn't mean it. You never mean it. You didn't mean the time when you put up the bouquet with the 'get well' card in the funeral parlor, and sent the black lilies to that old lady in the hospital. You're fired and this time, I, Gravis Mushnik, mean it! Burson Fouch: [to Seymour] I think he means it. Gravis Mushnik: Bring me whisky, rum, wine, gin, bourbon... Waitress: What? Gravis Mushnik: ...scotch, rye, tequila, sakie, manashevet... Waitress: Did you bring the money? Gravis Mushnik: Don't work me about money. I've got to get drunk, now! Burson Fouch: I'm just crazy about Kosher flowers! Burson Fouch: Anyway, I've got to go home. My wife's making gardenias for dinner. Siddie Shiva: Oh! Such a thing, eating flowers! Burson Fouch: Don't knock it 'till you try it, alright? [Seymour walks into the shop holding a bag with Dr. Farb's body in it] Audrey Jr.: Give me food! Seymour Krelboin: Aw, take it easy, Dracula. What do you think I'm carrying here, my dirty laundry? [shouting at Seymour, who has been singing off-camera] Gravis Mushnik: Shut up from the back! Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: We just want to ask you a few questions. Gravis Mushnik: I didn't do it. Det. Frank Stoolie: Do what? Gravis Mushnik: Whatever. Leonora Clyde: What's the matter? Don't you like me? Seymour Krelboin: Too bony. Leonora Clyde: Too bony? Nobody's ever told me that before. Seymour Krelboin: Beef is better than veal. [She stands up] Leonora Clyde: You're such a do-do! What do you call this, chopped liver? [He pokes her side] Seymour Krelboin: Master would like more fat. Audrey Jr.: I need some chow! Leonora Clyde: Speak for yourself, John. [He snaps out of his trance] Seymour Krelboin: My name is Seymour. Leonora Clyde: [mockingly] "My name is Seymour!" Seymour Krelboin: That's my name, too! [repeated line] Audrey Jr.: Feed me! [after pulling out one of Seymour's teeth] Dr. Phoebus Farb: Would you look at that, Seymour? I didn't know you were an elk! Wilbur Force: [reading an article from "Pain" magazine in the waiting room of the dentist; giggling] "The patient came to me with a large hole in his abdomen, caused by a fire poker used on him by his wife. He almost bled to death and gangrene had set in. I didn't give him much of a chance. There were other complications. The man had cancer, tuberculosis, leprosy, and a touch of the grippe. I decided to operate." Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: Now we were on the case. Officer Frank Stoolie and me. My name is Fink. Sergeant Joe Fink. I'm a fink. Seymour Krelboin: Did you call me, Mr. Mushnick? Gravis Mushnik: No, I was calling John D. Rockefeller for to make a loan on my Rolls Royce! Seymour Krelboin: Sorry I said it. Seymour Krelboin: You mean I'm fired? Gravis Mushnik: No, I'm electing you President from the United States!... YES, you are fired! Audry Fulquard: Why don't you give him a chance to resurrect himself? Gravis Mushnik: I give him chance to quit! Seymour Krelboin: I ain't gonna quit! Gravis Mushnik: You're a brave boy, you're fired. |
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