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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 4190085, member: 2504"] Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) - This comedy stars Gene Wilder in his fourth film, playing the title role of Quackser Fortune. He plays a young Irish man who makes his living in a self employed endeavor picking up horse manure on the streets of Dublin and selling it as fertilizer. He never got much of an education, and is not exactly up to speed on all the social graces of the various social classes that populate this film Two things happen at the beginning of the film that impact Quackser’s life, both of which find a way of intertwining. Quackser meets an American exchange college student played by Margot Kidder who is spending a semester in Dublin. The two develop a rather odd off and on relationship in this rather oddball film. At the same time, Quacker’s livelihood is threatened by new regulations in Dublin that will ban many horses from the streets of the city. As indicated by the title of the film, Quackser has a relative living in America who from time to time ends up being talked about by Quackser’s family, often as a possible solution to Quackser’s problems that surface during the film. Like I said, this is a rather odd comedy which I had never heard of until recently, but it is rather likable and entertaining. [/QUOTE]