How to Steal a Million (1966)

Director:

William Wyler

Writers:

George Bradshaw (story)
Harry Kurnitz (screenplay)

Release Date:

19 August 1966 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

S-S-S-H-H-H-H-H - Meet a couple of smart operators who give a lesson in love and larceny

Plot:

Romantic comedy about a woman who must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries, and the man who helps her.

Plot Keywords:

Statue | Burglar | Insurance | Forgery | Police

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Audrey Hepburn	...	Nicole
Peter O'Toole	...	Simon Dermott
Eli Wallach	...	Davis Leland
Hugh Griffith	...	Bonnet
Charles Boyer	...	DeSolnay
Fernand Gravey	...	Grammont
Marcel Dalio	...	Senor Paravideo
Jacques Marin	...	Chief Guard
Moustache	...	Guard
Roger Tréville	...	Auctioneer (as Roger Treville)
Edward Malin	...	Insurance Clerk (as Eddie Malin)
Bert Bertram	...	Marcel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georg Stanford Brown	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Louise Chevalier	...	Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Rémy Longa	...	Young Man (uncredited)
Jacques Ramade	...	(uncredited)
Olga Valéry	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
William Wyler

Writing credits
George Bradshaw		(story)
Harry Kurnitz		(screenplay)

Produced by
Fred Kohlmar	....	producer

Original Music by
John Williams		(as Johnny Williams)

Cinematography by
Charles Lang		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert Swink

Production Design by
Alexandre Trauner		(as Alexander Trauner)

Costume Design by
Hubert de Givenchy		(clothes: Miss Hepburn) (as Givenchy)

Makeup Department
Alberto De Rossi	....	makeup artist (as Alberto de Rossi)
Grazia De Rossi	....	hairdresser (as Grazia de Rossi)
Freddie Williamson	....	makeup artist (as Frederick Williamson)

Production Management
William Kaplan	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Feyder	....	assistant director
Robert Swink	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Joseph de Bretagne	....	sound
David Dockendorf	....	sound

Stunts
Gil Delamare	....	stunt double: Miss Hepburn (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Vincent Rossell	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
James Harbert	....	orchestrator

Other crew
François Moreuil	....	production assistant (as Francois Moreuil)
Phill Norman	....	main title design: Cinefx
Frawley Becker	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)
Robert Wyler	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• World Wide Productions (produced by) (as World Wide Productions, Inc.)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1966) (USA) (theatrical) (released by) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
• Fox Video (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Centfox (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Seven Films (2011) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
• 20th Century Fox Studios (????) (worldwide) (all media) (A News Corporation Company) (as 20th Century Fox)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cinefx  main title design
• Cartier  Miss Hepburn's jewelry by (as Cartier, Paris)
• Alexandre  hair styles by
• Givenchy  Miss Hepburn's clothes by

Also Known As:

"William Wyler's How to Steal a Million" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | USA:Approved (certificate #21174) | Canada:PG (video rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1988) (2004) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

World Wide Productions

Trivia:

After Nicole (played by Audrey Hepburn) dresses up as a cleaning lady, Simon Dermott says "That does it. For one thing, it gives Givenchy a night off." Hubert de Givenchy was Audrey Hepburn's costume designer.

Goofs:

Plot holes: The guards would have immediately searched the cleaning women and their buckets, finding the Cellini Venus.

Quotes:

Nicole Bonnet:Don't be such a baby, it's only a flesh wound!
Simon Dermott:Happens to be my flesh.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Star Wars: Music by John Williams (1980) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Two Lovers

Charming

A charming adventure comedy. It revolves around good-hearted art forgery and the need to set thing right. The basic plot is rather implausible, but it hardly matters. There is a great chemistry between the primary characters and the story is pleasantly devoid of attributes that would prevent the film from being enjoyed by anybody from 10 years-old and up. The blend of mild suspense, gentle comedy and a bit of romance is not too intellectually provocative, but it makes for great fun. It's a film I can sit down an watch with my teenage daughter, my younger son, my wife and my mother, and everybody has a good time and comes away feeling better than when they sat down.