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A New Leaf
After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.
1971 · Directed by Elaine May · 102 min · Comedy · Romance · 36 frames
Tagline
Henry & Henrietta… the love couple of the seventies... and the laugh riot of the year.
Crew
- Written by: Elaine May
- Cinematography: Gayne Rescher
- Edited by: Don Guidice, Fredric Steinkamp, Edward Beyer
- Music: Neal Hefti
- Production design: Warren Clymer, Richard Fried
- Produced by: Hillard Elkins, Howard W. Koch, Joseph Manduke
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Henry Graham
- Elaine May as Henrietta Lowell
- Jack Weston as Andy McPherson
- George Rose as Harold
- James Coco as Uncle Harry
- Doris Roberts as Mrs. Traggert
- Renée Taylor as Sharon Hart
- William Redfield as Beckett
- Graham Jarvis as Bo
- Jess Osuna as Frank
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Elkins Entertainment, Aries Productions, Elkins Productions International Corporation, Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $5,000,000
- Themes: bankrupt, camping, dark comedy, botanist, murder, lawyer, woman director, riches to rags, clumsy
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