Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? [131799] Released: 1969-03-19 Revenue: $2,100,000 Budget: $500,000 Profit: $1,600,000 Runtime: 107 mins Popularity: 0.6719 Vote Average: 4.6 Vote Count: 8 Overview: Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. Merkin's promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin is constantly surrounded by a Satan-like procurer, Goodtime Eddie Filth, and an angelic 'Presence' who interrupts Merkin's biography with cryptic Borscht Belt-level jokes to denote births and deaths in Merkin's life. Newley periodically steps out of character to complain about his 'Merkin' role with an unseen director, two screenwriters, the film's producers and a trio of blasé movie critics who are turned off by the story's eroticism and lack of plot. Cast [17] Anthony NewleyHeironymous Merk Joan CollinsPolyester Poonta Bruce ForsythUncle Limelight Milton BerleGoodtime Eddie F Stubby KayeFat Writer George JesselThe Presence Connie KreskiMercy Humppe Alexander NewleyThaxted Tara NewleyThumbelina Patricia HayesGrandma Ronald RubinSkinny Writer Louis NeginProducer Peter Tom SternProducer Ron Judy CornwellFiligree Fondle Margaret NolanLittle Assistanc YolandaTrampolena Whamb Lynda BaronSalesgirl Trailers Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969) Trailer Joan Collins "Chalk and Cheese" (from HIERONYMUS MERKIN) Anthony Newley - Princess Trampolina (From Heironymus Merkin)