---
title: 'The Loved One (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tony Richardson'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 122
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-loved-one-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Loved One (1965)

1965 · 122 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Loved One is a 1965 black-and-white black comedy film directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson. A satirical look at the funeral business in Los Angeles, it is based on Evelyn Waugh's 1948 short novel The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy, though the screenplay by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood also incorporates elements from Jessica Mitford's 1963 nonfiction book The American Way of Death. The film stars Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, and Rod Steiger, with Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Tab Hunter, Margaret Leighton, Liberace, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Barbara Nichols, and Lionel Stander credited as "cameo guest stars", and features the debut acting performance of songwriter Paul Williams.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson)
- **Screenplay:** [Evelyn Waugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-waugh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Addison](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-addison)
- **Producer:** [John Calley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-calley)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Editor:** [Hal Ashby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-ashby)

## Cast

- [Paul Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-williams)
- [Robert Easton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-easton)
- [Dana Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-andrews)
- [Anjanette Comer](https://cinepixo.com/people/anjanette-comer)
- [James Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coburn)
- [Roddy McDowall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-mcdowall)
- [Don Haggerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-haggerty)
- [Alan Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-napier)
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley)
- [Barbara Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-nichols)
- [Lionel Stander](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-stander)
- [Warren J. Kemmerling](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-j-kemmerling)
- [Robert Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morse)
- [Margaret Leighton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-leighton)
- [Bernie Kopell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-kopell)

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