The Ritz (MOD)

The Ritz (MOD)Rates are low, dcor is rococco art deco and the clientele is convivial. As a Cleveland sanitation company owner reasons, this New York all male bathhouse is ideal for hiding from his murderous brother in law. But what this new arrival and his fellow patrons get is an exercise in manic mayhem from director Richard Lester, bringing Terrence McNally's hit Broadway farce to spicy screen life. Adding more spice are five cast members of the stage original:

You can learn a lot from Lydia

Polly decides to sacrifice her happiness for her husband's

and together they stage a jail breakout

Life abounds in the 1870s Florida scrubland that's home to young Jody Baxter

the things that are really good in this picture are the race-track and stable scenes and especially the staging and the cutting of that big climactic race" (Bosley Crowther

hot on the trail of a high-society murderer

And Deadwood's Franklin Ajaye plays her can-do accomplice

They marry and Maria applies for an exit visa so they can return to the United States together

From the folks that brought us Mr

comes this superb

Unfortunately

The gleam in his eye matches that of his drawn sword