Munster, Go Home (1966) |
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| Director(s) | Earl Bellamy |
| Producer(s) | No producer listed for this movie |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Family |
Featured Cast of Munster, Go Home See More »
Fred Gwynne
(as Herman Munster)
Yvonne De Carlo
(as Lily Munster)
Al Lewis
(as Grandpa)
Terry Thomas
(as Freddie Munster)
Hermione Gingold
(as Lady Effigie Munster)
John Carradine
(as Cruikshank)
Bernard Fox
(as Squire Lester Moresby)
Richard Dawson
(as Joey)
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Munster, Go Home (1966) was a Comedy - Family Film directed by Earl Bellamy .
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Munster, Go Home Quotes:
Eddie Munster:
Mom, how come pop inherited an English title? I thought he was made in Germany.
Lily Munster: Well you see, Eddie, at an early age, your father left doctor Frankenstein's lab in Germany...
Herman: [Herman puts a monocle over his eye and looks in the mirror, which promptly shatters] That's right, son.
Lily Munster: ...and then he arrived in England and he was adopted by a family called Munster, who gave him their name.
Lily Munster: Well you see, Eddie, at an early age, your father left doctor Frankenstein's lab in Germany...
Herman: [Herman puts a monocle over his eye and looks in the mirror, which promptly shatters] That's right, son.
Lily Munster: ...and then he arrived in England and he was adopted by a family called Munster, who gave him their name.
Lily Munster:
[Lily and Grandpa are 'borrowing' a couple of horses] Grandpa, what if we get caught?
Grandpa Munster: Listen, it won't be the first time I was hanged as a horse thief.
Grandpa Munster: Listen, it won't be the first time I was hanged as a horse thief.
Lily Munster:
Oh! Freddie Munster, you're not a very nice person!
Freddie Munster: I am a thorough rotter. Like all the Musters before me, and proud of it!
Freddie Munster: I am a thorough rotter. Like all the Musters before me, and proud of it!
Grandpa Munster:
Herman, I must ask Freddie where he gets his slime. It looks imported.
Herman:
Goodbye Spot, don't eat anybody till we get back!
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Towards the end of the movie, Herman (Fred Gwynne) and Grandpa (Al Lewis) are shouting for help. Herman says, "Call Batman," then adds, "Car 54, where are you?" Car 54, Where Are You? was the title of a 1961 comedy series that featured both Gwynne and Lewis.
John Carradine plays a character named Cruikshank. Carradine also appeared on The Munsters TV series playing a completely different character named Mr. Gateman.
Released in the US in mid-summer 1966, this film was frequently double-billed with the similarly-themed The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.
This theatrical film was not a great success at the box office, prompting Paramount, which had been contemplating a theatrical version of Get Smart, to cancel that and instead spread it out over 3 episodes of the TV series called "A Man Called Smart", Parts 1, 2, and 3.
The Munsters series director Gene Reynolds was the original choice to helm this movie, but found it difficult to work with the director of photography and was fired after just a couple of days for not working fast enough (the film had to be shot in 18 to 25 days).