They All Laughed is an American motion picture comedy that was released in 1981 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

The film, with a screenplay by Bogdanovich and Blaine Novak, is an ensemble comedy set in New York City focusing on three private detectives investigating three beautiful women for infidelity. The detectives eventually wind up romantically pursuing the women, who turn the tables on them.

After the production of the film, co-star Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her estranged husband, upset over his wife's leaving him for her director Bogdanovich. Studios were relucant to release the film due to the negative publicity following the murder. Bodanovich bought back the negative with his own money so that the film would be seen by an audience. The film was released to tepid reviews and minimal business. Bogdanovich lost millions of dollars and had to file for bankruptcy.

They All Laughed was the last theatrical motion picture in which Audrey Hepburn played a lead role. It's poor reception and the public backlash from the Stratten murder essentially ended Bogdanovich's career as a Hollywood player.

Cast

• Audrey Hepburn .... Angela Niotes
• Ben Gazzara .... John Russo
• Patti Hansen .... Sam (Deborah Wilson)
• John Ritter .... Charles Rutledge
• Dorothy Stratten .... Dolores Martin
• Blaine Novak .... Arthur Brodsky
• Linda MacEwen .... Amy Lester
• George Morfogen .... Leon Leondopolous
• Colleen Camp .... Christy Miller
• Sean H. Ferrer .... Jose

External links

• They All Laughed (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083189/maindetails) at the Internet Movie Database
• Silver Screen Reviews (http://www.geocities.com/moviecritic.geo/reviews/t/theyalllaughed.html)