The Loved One is a 1965 black comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, which is based on The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy , a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay – which also drew on Jessica Mitford's book The American Way of Death – was written by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood. Young Englishman Dennis Barlow wins an airline ticket and visits his uncle Sir Francis Hinsley in Los Angeles. Hinsley has worked as a production... staffer at a major Hollywood studio for over thirty years. His employer D.J. Jr. fires Hinsley, despite the old man's faithful dedication to the company. Hinsley commits suicide by hanging himself.
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