The Big Hangover is a comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 film released by M-G-M. The film starred Van Johnson

Van Johnson

Van Johnson was an American film and television actor and dancer who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II....

 and Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...

. Supporting players, include, Percy Waram, Fay Holden

Fay Holden

Fay Holden , was a British-born American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career....

, Leon Ames

Leon Ames

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, Edgar Bunchman, Selena Royle

Selena Royle

Selena Royle was an American stage, television and film actress.-Early life and career:Born in New York City, Royle's parents were playwright Edwin Milton Royle and actress Selena Fetter . She had an older sister Josephine Fetter Royle . She turned to acting despite the objections of her parents...

, Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Eugene "Gene" Lockhart was a Canadian character actor, singer, and playwright. He also wrote the lyrics to a number of popular songs.-Early life:...

, and Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp was an American radio, film and television actress.DeCamp first came to fame in November 1937, when she took the role of Judy Price, the secretary of Dr. Christian in the long-running radio series of the same name. She made her film debut in Cheers for Miss Bishop and appeared in...

. The Big Hangover was one of Elizabeth Taylor's first films to feature her in a "adult character", the first being the 1949 British

United Kingdom

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 thriller Conspirator

Conspirator (1949 film)

Conspirator is a 1949 British thriller film directed by Victor Saville and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor and Robert Flemyng. A British guards officer who is a spy for the Soviet Union is ordered by his KGB handlers to murder his young American wife when she discovers his true...

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Despite being released with high hopes, The Big Hangover was a critical and box-office disappointment. Home video releases are scarce in any format, as the movie remains largely unknown.