Robert Downey Sr. and Robert Soukis

No More Excuses

No More Excuses

Downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets (and into some bedrooms) for a look at Manhattan’s singles scene of the late sixties. Of course, that’s not all: No More Excuses cuts between this footage and the fragmented tale of a time-traveling Civil War soldier, a rant from the director of the fictional Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, and other assorted improprieties.


No More Excuses was preserved by Anthology Film Archives, with funding provided by The Film Foundation.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1968
  • 46 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.33:1
  • English

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Collector's Set

Eclipse Series 33: Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.

Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.

DVD Box Set

2 Discs

$31.96

No More Excuses
Cast
Robert Downey Sr.
Civil War soldier
Allen Able
Himself
Lawrence Wolf
President Garfield
Linda Diesen
Mrs. Garfield
Prentice Wilhite
The assassin
Don Calfa
The priest
Paula Morris
His woman
Amy Eckles
Chinese girl
Single people
Themselves
Credits
Director
Robert Downey Sr.
Director
Robert Soukis
Producer
Phantasma Films
Screenplay
Robert Downey Sr.
Screenplay
Robert Soukis
Cinematography
Stan Warnow
Editing
Fred von Bernewitz
Assistant editor
Ara Chelamayan
Scenic design
George Bakes

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