How to Steal a Million

7/13/19662h 3m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A movie about those who appreciate the finest things in life... for free! ~

Overview:

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

Director:

William Wyler

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$6,400,000.00

Revenue:

$4,400,000.00

Key words:

insurance fraud
theft
art thief
swinging 60s
caper comedy
art museum
forgery

Cast

Audrey Hepburn

~ as ~

Nicole Bonnet

Peter O'Toole

~ as ~

Simon Dermott

Eli Wallach

~ as ~

Davis Leland

Hugh Griffith

~ as ~

Charles Bonnet

Charles Boyer

~ as ~

Bernard De Solnay

Fernand Gravey

~ as ~

Grammont

Marcel Dalio

~ as ~

Senior Paravideo

Jacques Marin

~ as ~

Chief Guard

Moustache

~ as ~

Guard

Roger Tréville

~ as ~

Auctioneer

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 5 year(s) ago
8
You really are the smuggest and most hateful man!

William Wyler crafts a delightfully frothy caper backed up by wonderful on screen chemistry between Peter O'Toole & Audrey Hepburn. It seems to me that Hepburn always managed to bond with her Male co-stars, and here the interplay between O'Toole and herself is wonderful. Check out a long sequence of events involving the pair hiding out in a closet, it's gold dusted cinema.

The film's central plot involves Hepburn & O'Toole planning a daring robbery from a Paris museum to keep her art forger Father (a delightful Hugh Griffith) out of trouble, at first the couple are purely business partners with no love lost for each other, but as the story plays out the pair are forced to get along and etc.

The burglary itself is dramatic, attention grabbing entertainment, and it's also the film's highest point, but overall the film as a whole is simply good romantic fun. Also helps that it features a very tidy shift for the finale to further reward the audience for their time spent with the movie. Throw in dapper turns from Charles Boyer & Eli Wallach too, and it's all good really.

Open the wine, sit back and relax with Pete & Audrey. 8/10