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Director:
Arthur Hiller
Writers:
Howard Fast (novel)
George Wells (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 November 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
The worlds most beautiful bank-robber more
Plot:
Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Maltin Gets It Wrong Once Again! It's actually quite fun. more (17 total)

Cast

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Natalie Wood ... Penelope Elcott
Ian Bannen ... James B. Elcott
Dick Shawn ... Dr. Gregory Mannix

Peter Falk ... Lieutenant Horatio Bixbee

Jonathan Winters ... Professor Klobb
Lila Kedrova ... Princess Sadaba
Lou Jacobi ... Ducky
Norma Crane ... Mildred Halliday
Arthur Malet ... Salvation Army Major Higgins
Jerome Cowan ... Bank manager
Arlene Golonka ... Honeysuckle Rose
Amzie Strickland ... Miss Serena
Bill Gunn ... Sergeant Rothschild
Carl Ballantine ... Boom Boom
Iggie Wolfington ... Store Owner
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Company:
Euterpe more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There seems to be a scene cut from the movie, perhaps a fantasy sequence. Some lobby cards show Natalie Wood and her husband in the film in their beds. The husband looks bored and uninterested in Natalie. In others from the same scene he reads a newspaper or has a boardroom meeting while Natalie sits in bed looking gorgeous. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The milk on Dr. Gregory's suit disappears and the suit is completely dry from one shot to the next. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The King of the Duplicators (1968) more
Soundtrack:
The Sun Is Gray more

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18 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Maltin Gets It Wrong Once Again! It's actually quite fun., 26 July 2005
6/10
Author: claudenorth from United States

I wouldn't call it a classic, but PENELOPE is definitely a fun way to spend an afternoon. Natalie Wood is gorgeous and quite funny in the title role, and she has an amazing wardrobe. Dick Shawn and Peter Falk (practicing for COLUMBO?) provide strong supporting performances as a psychiatrist and a police lieutenant, respectively. Unfortunately, Ian Bannen lacks charisma, making it hard to believe that "Penelope" would choose his character over every other man in NYC. With its bright, bold colors and criminal exploits, PENELOPE plays like an extended episode of the "Batman" TV series. In fact, the film includes a reference to Batman. Definitely a must-see for Natalie Wood fans.

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