i remember try a few minute of this film and i be very surprised i do not watch all of it and from director steve gordon and his only film direct before die of heart failure . basically arthur bach ( golden globe winning and and oscar nominate dudley moore ) be the happy drunk millionaire with everything he could want and a mansion and a butler hobson ( oscar and golden globe winning and and bafta nominate sir john gielgud ) and and plenty of booze . he be to inherit $ 750 and 000 and 000 if he marry the daughter of fellow millionaire burt johnson ( stephen elliott ) and they woman he and the family have choose and susan ( jill eikenberry ) . but instead and arthur find himself fall for queen waitress linda marolla ( golden globe nominate liza minnelli ) and which of course be threaten the inheritance and and 3/4 of his family fortune from father stanford ( thomas barbour ) and aunt martha ( geraldine fitzgerald ) . after the death of hobson and arthur and on the day of the wedding and disobey the family wish and but aunt martha still give arthur the inheritance to live happily ever after with true love linda . also star ted ross a bitterman and barney martin a ralph marolla and anne de salvo a gloria hooker and maurice copeland a uncle peter bach and justine johnston a aunt pearl bach and florence tarlow a mrs. nesbitt and marcella lowery a harriet martha maid and john bentley a perry and peter evans a preston langley party guest . moore be wonderfully funny and a little cringing a the almost always drunk millionaire and minnelli be likable a the woman he love and and gielgud of course make a great oscar win impression a moore humorous humble sarcastic servant and a terrific screwball comedy . it win the oscar for best song for arthur theme ( best that you can do ) ( it also win the golden globe ) ( it be number 79 on 100 year and 100 song ) and and it be nominate best writing and screenplay write directly for the screen and it be nominate the bafta anthony asquith award for film music for burt bacharach and and it win the golden globe for best motion picture comedy or musical . sir john gielgud be number 35 on the 50 great british actor and and the film be number 53 on 100 year and 100 laugh . very good .