The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writers:

George J.W. Goodman (novel)
George J.W. Goodman (writer) ...

Release Date:

14 November 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

He really wasn't out to make $1,000,000. He already had that!

Plot:

Henry Tyroone comes to New York from Texas with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market...

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Money | Stock Analyst | Stock Market | Business Ethics

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

James Garner	...	Henry Tyroon
Lee Remick	...	Molly Thatcher
Phil Harris	...	Ray Jay
Chill Wills	...	Jay Ray
Jim Backus	...	Bullard Bear
Louis Nye	...	Stanislas
John Astin	...	Hector Vanson
Elliott Reid	...	Leonard
Pat Harrington Jr.	...	Buddy Zack
Joey Forman	...	Buster Yarrow
Pat Crowley	...	Eloise Cott (as Patricia Crowley)
Charles Watts	...	J.R.
Howard McNear	...	Mr. Wilson
Marcel Hillaire	...	Giuseppe
Donald Briggs	...	Len Flink (as Don Briggs)

Also Known As:

Separate Beds (UK)

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | French

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Trivia:

Alan Sues' film debut.

Quotes:

Molly Thatcher: I don't understand. How can you buy something when you don't even know what it is?
Ray Jay: Well, you see, ma'am, Henry here is a real wheeler dealer. And a wheeler dealer is somebody that loves to find places for money to go. It's like hitchin' on to a star. You may zoom up to the sky on a mighty pretty ride.
Molly Thatcher: And if the star falls?
Henry Tyroon: Well, then I find some way for the, uh, government to take three-quarters of the loss.
Jay Ray: You see, Miss Thatcher, that's the mark of a REAL wheeler dealer.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Four Days in November (1964)

Soundtrack:

THE WHEELER DEALERS

Chez Henri Tyroon

This may be the best comedy movie to come out of the 1960s. Wheeler Dealers features James Garner at the top of his game, Lee Remick doing her best Doris Day imitation, and a wonderful cast of some of the best character actors ever assembled.

Of all the characters James Garner has created for the screen, I think I like Henry J. Tyroon the best. Cowboy oilman and conman par excellence, he moves skillfully from one situation to the other in business, but really comes up against it with Lee Remick in the romance department.

The supporting cast is soooo good I don't know where to begin to single anyone out. If put to torture I suppose I'd have to mention Louis Nye, "the boss wrangler of the Henry Tyroon collection", and John Astin the manic SEC investigator.

As Mr. Garner puts it: "Only the taxman loses in a Henry Tyroon deal". Even a the most dedicated and humorless IRS agent will find laughs in this classic comedy.

"I'M INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMICS OF ANY SITUATION"