The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writers:

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

Money | Texas | Stock Analyst | Stock Market | Kitchen

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

James Garner	...	Henry Tyroon
Lee Remick	...	Molly Thatcher
Phil Harris	...	Ray Jay Fox
Chill Wills	...	Jay Ray Spinelby
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 - Maitre d'
Donald Briggs	...	Len Flink (as Don Briggs)
Vaughn Taylor	...	Thaddeus Whipple
Robert Strauss	...	Feinberg, Taxi Driver
John Marley	...	Achilles Dimitros
Peter Leeds	...	Arthur Watkins
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Allyson Ames	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Eleanor Audley	...	Art Critic (uncredited)
Shirley Bonne	...	Zelda, the Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Paul Bradley	...	Financial Man on Phone (uncredited)
Walter Burke	...	Billy Joe (uncredited)
Albert Carrier	...	French Headwaiter (uncredited)
Jack Chefe	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Owen Cunningham	...	Bear Broker (uncredited)
James Doohan	...	Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Ross Elliott	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
William Fawcett	...	Whippleton Loafer (uncredited)
Jesslyn Fax	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Alice Frost	...	Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Norman Grabowski	...	Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Billy Halop	...	Subpoena Server (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Percy Helton	...	Deke, Whippleton Loafer (uncredited)
Henry Hunter	...	Vanson's Boss (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Ted Jacques	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Bernie Kopell	...	Fawning Art Fan (uncredited)
Charles Lane	...	Judge (uncredited)
Adrienne Marden	...	Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Dal McKennon	...	Sea Captain, and Prissy Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien	...	Waiter (uncredited)
William O'Connell	...	Paid Weeper (uncredited)
Carmen Phillips	...	Cynical Patron at Art Showing (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Man Waiting in Restaurant (uncredited)
Jack Shea	...	Bonaparte, Doorman at Chez Henri (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock	...	Court Stenographer (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Alan Sues	...	Whitby (uncredited)
Hal Taggart	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey	...	Man Passing Bear's Office (uncredited)
H.M. Wynant	...	Bo Bluedog (uncredited)

Directed by
Arthur Hiller

Writing credits
George J.W. Goodman		(novel)
George J.W. Goodman		(writer) and
Ira Wallach		(writer)

Produced by
John Calley	....	associate producer
Martin Ransohoff	....	producer

Original Music by
Frank De Vol		(as De Vol)

Cinematography by
Charles Lang

Film Editing by
Tom McAdoo

Art Direction by
George W. Davis
Addison Hehr

Set Decoration by
F. Keogh Gleason		(as Keogh Gleason)
Henry Grace

Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist
William Tuttle	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ivan Volkman	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Westen	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Norman Norell	....	wardrobe: Miss Remick

Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon	....	color consultant

Music Department
Albert Woodbury	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Richard Kuhn	....	title designer
James S. Pollak	....	title designer
Dolores Rubin	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Filmways Pictures

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1963) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• MGM/Warner (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)

Other Companies

• Westrex Recording System  sound recording

Also Known As:

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

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Trivia:

Alan Sues' film debut.

Quotes:

[Henry's latest oilwell has come in a "duster"]
Billy Joe:Well, you can't sell dust, Henry. So you better hightail it up to the big city and get yourself some shoppin' money quick. Yes.
Billy Joe:Billy Joe, is money all you ever think about?
Billy Joe:Henry, I am an accountant. I'm supposed to think about money. So you go on up north and raise one million two startin' right now, or you're broke. Yes. Henry, you're a rich man... and a rich man can't afford to go broke.

Movie Connections:

References The Pajama Game (1957)

Soundtrack:

THE WHEELER DEALERS

one of my favorite 60's movies

I think that "Send Me No Flowers" is the best of these "Technicolor marvel" comedies from the 60's, but this is one of my favorites. (By "Technicolor marvel" I mean those films that were shot in primary colors even more intense than something like "The Adventures of Robin Hood", with unnaturally uniform lighting and sets and locations, but mostly sets, that are DisneyLand-clean-and-orderly. Doris Day seemed to be in about half of those movies, at least in my recollection.)

The movie is about James Garner as an oil-man having a run of bad luck, so he goes to New York to make some quick money. He finds big bucks and romance, and it makes me laugh. The fact that Louis Nye plays a parody of Jackson Pollock, and that Phil Harris, Chill Wills, and Charles Watts act as a sort of Greek chorus to Garner will give you some idea of how inconsequentially silly this movie is. There's even a securities trial at the end (the judge makes a comment at the beginning that is just thrown away -- I missed it the first time I saw the movie -- which I laugh about every time I think of it).