Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)

This was a bit of a odd, and rather unremarkable film.  It's one of those films that begs to ask the question, why was it made or what made them think it was worth making.  I stumbled upon this film after rewatching the original Superman films and looking up Margo Kidder.  Once I found that it also stared Gene Wilder and was set (and filmed) in Ireland (Northern Ireland, IIRC) I had to see it.

It was a odd choice of film.  Even the title is odd.  First, the main character's name is quite odd, but even the full title of the film gives an odd impression and tells you nothing about the content of the film.

One other reason this film is perplexing is it is an unremarkable story and neither were the characters.  They didn't do anything, and the reasoning for Margo Kidder's character to pursue a love affair (if it even could be called that) with Quackster Fortune was incomprehensible especially as another character was referred to as her boyfriend.  The story itself didn't go anywhere.  No great accomplishment was achieved and Quackster's fate had nothing to do with his own actions.

Still, it was interesting to here Gene Wilder doing an Irish accent.  It was subtle enough, that it didn't stick out and sounded authentic enough that I felt it was passable (no offense meant toward Gene Wilder, but being that I am not Irish, I do not feel qualified to judge an Irish accent, except a bad one).  There have been a few films that have had actors doing atrocious Irish accents, to the point that I didn't even know they were attempting to do an Irish accent  (Tommy Lee Jones in Blown Away stands out as a prime example).  Also, Gene Wilder did an outstanding duck impression.  It was interesting to see Margo Kidder slightly younger than she was in the Superman films (and I cannot recall seeing her in any films after those films either)