--- title: 'The Heartbreak Kid (1972)' type: 'film' director: 'Elaine May' released: '1972-12-17' runtime_minutes: 106 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-heartbreak-kid-1972' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068687/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Heartbreak Kid (1972) 1972 · PG · 106 min · Romance · United States ## Synopsis The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American romantic black comedy film directed by Elaine May and written by Neil Simon, starring Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert and Doris Roberts. It is based on the short story "A Change of Plan", written by Bruce Jay Friedman and first published in Esquire in 1966. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Neil Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-simon) - **Director:** [Elaine May](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-may) - **Original Music Composer:** [Garry Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-sherman) - **Producer:** [Edgar Scherick](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-scherick) - **Director of Photography:** [Owen Roizman](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-roizman) - **Editor:** [John Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carter-2) ## Cast - [Doris Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-roberts) - [Eddie Albert](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-albert) - [Art Metrano](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-metrano) - [Neil Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-simon) - [Jeannie Berlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeannie-berlin) - [Audra Lindley](https://cinepixo.com/people/audra-lindley) - [William Prince](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-prince) - [Cybill Shepherd](https://cinepixo.com/people/cybill-shepherd) - [Charles Grodin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-grodin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-heartbreak-kid-1972 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1338889); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.