agrees, but only if Mr. Joyboy gives him a first-class ticket back to England and all the cash he can lay his hands on. Dennis also imposes the condition that Aimée be placed in the casket rocket instead of the ex-astronaut (his body is also disposed of using the pet crematorium). After the televised funeral and space launch, Dennis is seen boarding the first-class section of an airliner headed to England. Cast Robert Morse as Dennis Barlow Jonathan Winters as Henry & Wilbur Glenworthy Anjanette Comer as Aimée Thanatogenos Rod Steiger as Mr. Joyboy Dana Andrews as Gen. Buck Brinkman Milton Berle as Mr. Kenton James Coburn as Immigration Officer John Gielgud as Sir Francis Hinsley Tab Hunter as Whispering Glades tour guide Margaret Leighton as Mrs. Helen Kenton Liberace as Mr. Starker Roddy McDowall as D.J., Jr. Robert Morley as Sir Ambrose Abercrombie Barbara Nichols as Sadie Blodgett Lionel Stander as the Guru Brahmin Robert Easton as Dusty Acres Ayllene Gibbons as Joyboy's mother Paul Williams as Gunther Fry Alan Napier as English club official Bernie Kopell as Brahmin's assistant Joy Harmon as Miss Benson (uncredited) Jamie Farr as waiter at English club (uncredited) Roxanne Arlen as Wispering Glades hostess Pre-production In 1947, Evelyn Waugh visited Hollywood when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offered him a six-figure sum for the film rights to his novel Brideshead Revisited, despite the fact that none of the studio bosses had read the book. When Waugh demanded complete veto rights over the finished product, the project was scrapped. During his stay in Los Angeles, Waugh became fascinated by the American obsession with the funeral industry, inspiring him to write first a lengthy journal article on the Forest Lawn cemetery and its founder Dr. Hubert Eaton and then his 1948 novel The Loved One. In the following years, numerous people attempted unsuccessfully to produce a filmed version of Waugh's novel, including the Spanish surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel and the comic writer/director Elaine May. Production The film was shot in and around the Los Angeles area with Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles International Airport and Burbank among the locations. "Whispering Glades" was drawn from Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale with the exterior and interior scenes shot mostly at Greystone Mansion. The condemned house scene was filmed at the house under construction at 3847 Oakfield Dr. in Sherman Oaks. Reception The film has a 45% positive