The Fortune (1975)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Mike Nichols

Writer:

Carole Eastman (written by)

Release Date:

16 October 1975 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

It takes three to tango (if you don't count the chicken)

Plot:

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them . not even murder.

Plot Keywords:

Scheme | 1920s | Heiress | Will | Across State Lines

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Stockard Channing	...	Fredrika Contessa 'Freddie' Biggars / Sullivan
Jack Nicholson	...	Oscar Sullivan aka Oscar Dix
Warren Beatty	...	Nicky Wilson
Ian Wolfe	...	Justice of the Peace
Rose Michtom	...	His Wife
Brian Avery	...	Airline Steward
Florence Stanley	...	Mrs. Gould
Dub Taylor	...	Rattlesnake Tom
Catlin Adams	...	Girl Lover (as Nira Barab)
Christopher Guest	...	Boy Lover
Scatman Crothers	...	Fisherman
Tom Newman	...	John the Barber
Jim Antonio	...	1st Policeman
Vic Vallaro	...	2nd Policeman
Richard B. Shull	...	Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power

Also Known As:

Spite and Malice

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:PG | UK:15 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Florence Stanley replaced Helena Kallianiotes.

Quotes:

Nicky Wilson: [To Frederica who's screaming because Oscar is walking on the plane's wing during flight] Just ignore him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Lion Roars Again (1975)

pathetic

It is easy to see why i had never heard of this movie before because it is so bad and it's hard to see a cast this great in a movie so bad. Hard to believe this was directed by Mike Nichols and stars Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. The movie is set in the 1920's in which there is a law that saw you cannot take a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. Beatty is in love with Stockard Channing and has Nicholson get married to her and the movie doesn't make it clear why Beatty didn't marry her in the first place. Beatty is going to pose as her brother and they are going to California. It then turns out that both of them are only interested in her money and she isn't too happy about that. The movie is pretty bad and this movie deserves to be unknown.