---
title: 'Arthur (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Steve Gordon'
released: '1981-07-17'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/arthur-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082031/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Arthur (1981)

1981 · 93 min · Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Arthur is a 1981 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. It stars Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to wealthy heiress Susan Johnson but ends up falling for Linda Marolla, a common working-class young woman from Queens. It was the sole film directed by Gordon, who died in 1982 of a heart attack at age 44.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Steve Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-gordon)
- **Screenplay:** [Steve Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-gordon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Burt Bacharach](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-bacharach)
- **Producer:** [Charles H. Joffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-h-joffe), [Robert Greenhut](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greenhut)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fred Schuler](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-schuler)
- **Editor:** [Susan E. Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-e-morse)

## Cast

- [Phyllis Somerville](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-somerville)
- [Liza Minnelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/liza-minnelli)
- [Stephen Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-elliott)
- [Jill Eikenberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-eikenberry)
- [John Gielgud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud)
- [Dudley Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-moore)
- [Barney Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barney-martin)
- [Lou Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-jacobi)
- [Geraldine Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-fitzgerald)
- [Ted Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-ross)

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