The Love Machine is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jack Haley Jr. from a screenplay by Samuel Taylor, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Jacqueline Susann.

It stars Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper, David Hemmings, William Roerick, Maureen Arthur, Shecky Greene, Clinton Greyn, Sharon Farrell, Jodi Wexler, and John Phillip Law.

Soon afterward, feeling threatened by Greg's support of Robin's plan to take his newscast to prime-time, Dan decides to build a variety show around second-rate comedian Christie Lane to prove that the audience prefers crass entertainment to more cerebral programming.

Judith, who holds Greg's power of attorney, appoints Robin to act as head of the network while she takes her husband to Switzerland to recuperate.

Later, as Robin leaves the police station, his reputation in ruins, Maggie Stewart pulls up in her car and asks him if he needs a ride.

Just prior to the start of filming, actor Brian Kelly, who had been cast as Robin Stone, was involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident.

The campy scene where Judith gets in a fight with Jerry and his boyfriend was a case of art imitating life for Dyan Cannon, who had had a backstage quarrel with gay co-star Dick Kallman while doing the play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert wrote:John Phillip Law is pretty bored in The Love Machine.

He is surrounded by a galaxy (or perhaps gallery is the word) of Hollywood character actors who seem as desperate as he is, and the final effect is of Search for Tomorrow on downers.My notion is that you've either got to handle this material all-out or avoid it.

When you give junk like this an expensive production, with two Dionne Warwick songs and only four glimpses of the sound boom, you're missing the elementary kind of vitality it could have had.