
When Miss Vicki's father dies she continues with her charitable donations. Unfortunately, the family wealth is depleted and she is flat broke. Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, known as Fitzwilly, leads the household staff to steal from various businesses by misrepresenting themselves, charging goods to other wealthy people and misdirecting the goods shipments, all to maintain Miss Vicki's standard of living and her philanthropy. With Fitzwilly's encouragement, Miss Vicki... (Full plot summary below)
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When Miss Vicki's father dies she continues with her charitable donations. Unfortunately, the family wealth is depleted and she is flat broke. Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, known as Fitzwilly, leads the household staff to steal from various businesses by misrepresenting themselves, charging goods to other wealthy people and misdirecting the goods shipments, all to maintain Miss Vicki's standard of living and her philanthropy. With Fitzwilly's encouragement, Miss Vicki is writing a "Dictionary for Dopes" which contains all possible phonetic spellings of a word, and gives the reader the correct one, and for that she needs a secretary. Juliet is hired and she is suspicious and she discovers what is going on while at the same time falling in love with Fitzwilly. Juliet agrees to allow Fitzwilly to carry out one more big caper before they get married that will keep Miss Vicki comfortable for the rest of her days.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of the delights of Fitzwilly is the generally intelligent language in which the characters talk to each other, as if they were educated and witty. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzSomewhat innovative but not funny enough to rise above routine. |
| User ReviewShaun TThis movie is an old one but still very good caper movie. Not sure if they should remake this one or not they might fuck it up, hilarious too |
| User ReviewAlexis MAn absolute classic! I love the dictionary idea. Too bad it isn't real for some people. LOL Fitzwilly was very inventive! |
| User ReviewMichael FA delightful Christmas caper showcasing the best of Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon. This is my favorite holiday movie and I wish they would release it on DVD. |
| User ReviewMark TWitty humor and a heart warming story. Great chemistry between Van Dyke and Feldon. |
| User ReviewMarc MEssential fare for XMas for above the 4 hour old and the rest of he family. Wonder bandter and criticisism o envland hide bougn socideyt. |
| User ReviewFrances HThis is a great movie! Dick Van Dyke is at is comedic best in this film and the supporting cast is outstanding. I love old films and I watch them often and this is another great comedy. Opinions vary, but watch the whole film before you rate it and remember that this was filmed in 1967. It's a great film! |
| User ReviewRusty GThis is a great movie! Dick Van Dyke is at is comedic best in this film and the supporting cast is outstanding. I love old films and I watch them often and this is another great comedy. Opinions vary, but watch the whole film before you rate it and remember that this was filmed in 1967. It's a great film! |
| User ReviewFairie OAn absolute classic! I love the dictionary idea. Too bad it isn't real for some people. LOL Fitzwilly was very inventive! |