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6.1/10   463 votes
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Director:
Bernard Girard
Writer:
Bernard Girard (writer)
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Release Date:
18 March 1967 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Crime | Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
The slickest swingin'est con man who ever took the world for a ride!
Plot:
A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Russians Premier. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
One can do a lot with an obscure movie. more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Coburn ... Eli Kotch
Camilla Sparv ... Inger Knudson
Aldo Ray ... Eddie Hart
Nina Wayne ... Frieda Schmid
Robert Webber ... Milo Stewart
Todd Armstrong ... Alfred Morgan
Michael Strong ... Paul Feng

Marian McCargo ... Dr. Marion Hague (as Marian Moses)
Severn Darden ... Miles Fisher
James Westerfield ... Jack Balter
Simon Scott ... William Anderson
Ben Astar ... General Malenkoff
Phillip Pine ... George Logan - Airport Security (as Phillip E. Pine)
Michael St. Angel ... Police Chjief William Yates
Larry D. Mann ... Officer Howard (as Lawrence Mann)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
Russian | English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:TV-PG | Finland:K-16
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In his film debut, Harrison Ford has a tiny role as a bellhop. more
Quotes:
Jack Balter: You should have waited awhile. Cooled it! What's the damn rush?
Eli Kotch: Well, I tell you, Jack, you wait around, you get fat.
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User Comments

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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
One can do a lot with an obscure movie., 28 May 2006
7/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

"Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" is probably mostly of interest to us nowadays due to Harrison Ford's bit part as a bellhop. Apparently, after the movie bombed, a producer told Ford: "Kid, you ain't got it." Of course, Ford went on to star in the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" trilogies, so he clearly had lots of "it".

Anyway, the movie casts James Coburn as ex-con Eli Kotch, plotting a heist in LAX while the Russian prime minister is visiting. Coburn seems to be mirroring his Derek Flint character, right down to being surrounded by hot babes (specifically Camilla Sparv and Nina Wayne). The good ol' Cold War, when the US and USSR could play all sorts of tricks on each other, and there were plenty of beauties to go around.

Overall, "DHOAMGR" isn't a great movie, but it's worth seeing. You may notice that playing Mrs. Kirby is Rose Marie, better known as Sally on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

Nina Wayne. Hubba hubba...

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