Cockney con artist Marcus Pendleton (Sir Peter Ustinov), just out of prison, replaces an insurance company's computer programmer and sends claim checks to himself in various guises at addresses all over Europe. Meanwhile, he falls in love with inept secretary and frustrated flutist, Patty Terwilliger Smith (Dame Maggie Smith).... (Full plot summary below)
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Cockney con artist Marcus Pendleton (Sir Peter Ustinov), just out of prison, replaces an insurance company's computer programmer and sends claim checks to himself in various guises at addresses all over Europe. Meanwhile, he falls in love with inept secretary and frustrated flutist, Patty Terwilliger Smith (Dame Maggie Smith).
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| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonOne of those comic boardroom fairy-tales (man bites computer) which never seem to quite achieve basic persuadability. |
| User ReviewMarco TOne of the best Ustinov comedies, with a great supporting cast, and cameos, watch for the subtleties |
| User ReviewRuby LAbsolutely adorable. Peter Ustinov is incredibly charming, as usual, and it's great seeing Dame Maggie Smith as a young cockney bird. 1960s London humor to a T. |
| User Reviewpeter gthis is a fantastic film i watched it about three times |
| User ReviewDave CSome scenes in this movie were filmed in Burnt Oak so its got to be good. |
| User ReviewAmani AFunny, funny, funny! The style is interesting and modern-looking, though it's from the 60s. I was captivated by the camera work as much as I was by the excellent acting. Peter Ustinov is WONDERFUL! And so is Maggie Smith. |
| User ReviewJay SAmusing caper comedy from Peter Ustinov, who stars and co-wrote the script (and, I'm guessing, may have helped with the direction). The story: a con-artist and financial wizard decides to fleece a corporation by becoming its resident computer guru and setting up bogus companies all over Europe, then pocketing the corporation's subsidies. It's a film which couldn't be made now, in large part due to the advances of technology; the computer in question is one of those room-filling, tape-spool-spinning models that were superseded even by HAL 9000 the same year this came out--but no matter. This computer, the M-505, relies for security on, it would appear, a blue light. No, it isn't made any clearer in the film, but it's no great matter. Ustinov's caper is clever enough to breeze past this. Ustinov himself is quite funny, as one of those rogues whom the audience can see right through but who manages to skate right past any obstacle; Maggie Smith, in an uncharacteristic role, plays his flighty secretary who first marries him, then, in a final twist, saves his skin. She proves to be quite delightful. Karl Malden is good value as an affably foolish CEO, constantly gulping tranquilizers, while Bob Newhart complements him well as his repressed subordinate (with the impossibly satirical name of Willard C. Gnatpole). Robert Morley has a great cameo as a computer expert and moth enthusiast whose name and position Ustinov appropriates; Cesar Romero has a cameo as a Brazilian customs inspector, who memorably upbraids Malden over a can of instant coffee. The script by Ustinov and Ira Wallach was nominated for an Oscar, and deservedly so; it's bright and clever, and wastes little time in setting up the situation while also boasting likable, and, for a farce, reasonably believable characters. Eric Till's direction is fairly basic, with a few witty touches (which, again, I suspect Ustinov heavily influenced); it's perfectly adequate nonetheless. The technical aspects are all perfectly adequate, the computer being delightfully dated. HOT MILLIONS was an unexpected critical success at the time, and that it has fallen into obscurity is a shame. It's a warm and funny film, and one which treats computers with as much, or even more, intelligence as Hollywood generally has since. |
| User ReviewMartin CSaw this on British tv years ago and loved it. Now very happy find a region 2 DVD on Amazon from USA (bizarrely). Now I can enjoy the accomplished Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith in this beautifully eccentric '60s crime caper |
| User ReviewLewis HAmiable if inconsequential comedy worth watching mostly for the leads. More of a wry humour than anything to make you laugh out loud. |
| User ReviewPavan RQuite an interesting comedy........Ustinov is good |
