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Brewster's Millions ()

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Penniless WWII soldier Monty Brewster inherits $8 million but must spend $1 million in under two months before his 30th birthday to get the rest, leading to an outrageous spending spree and everyone thinking he's lost his mind.
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Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster
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Peggy Gray
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Trixie Summers
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Jackson
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Barbara Drew
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Mickey Mikhailovich
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Mrs. Gray
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Swearengen Jones
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Hacky Smith
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Mr. Grant
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Nopper Harrison
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Colonel Drew
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Stage Doorman (uncredited)
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Notary (uncredited)
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Woman at Yacht Party (uncredited)
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Police Detective (uncredited)
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Hold-Up Victim (uncredited)
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Yacht Captain (uncredited)
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Attorney Lyons (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Golden ...
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Eddie (uncredited)
Perc Launders ...
First Mate (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine ...
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Lefty Leach (uncredited)
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Man at Yacht Party (uncredited)
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Waiter on Yacht (uncredited)
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Packard - Costume Designer (uncredited)
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Door to Door Salesman (uncredited)
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Charlie - the Stage Director (uncredited)

Directed by

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Allan Dwan

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George Barr McCutcheon ... (novel)
 
Winchell Smith ... (stage play) and
Byron Ongley ... (stage play)
 
Sig Herzig ... (screenplay) (as Siegfried Herzig) &
Charles Rodgers ... (screenplay) (as Charles Rogers) and
Wilkie C. Mahoney ... (screenplay) (as Wilkie Mahoney)

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Edward Small ... producer

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Hugo Friedhofer ... (uncredited)

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Charles Lawton Jr. ... director of photography

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Richard V. Heermance ... (as Richard Heermance)

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Grant Whytock ... supervising film editor

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Joseph Sternad

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Sydney Moore

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Odette Myrtil ... (as Odette)

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Otis Malcolm ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Walter Mayo ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Burch ... assistant director

Sound Department

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John R. Carter ... sound (as John Carter)
Joseph I. Kane ... re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
Harold E. McGhan ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

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Howard A. Anderson ... special effects (uncredited)

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Vernon L. Walker ... transparency projection shots (uncredited)

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Eddie Fitzgerald ... second camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Louis Forbes ... musical director
Harold Byrns ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Lucien Moraweck ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Henry Russell ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Edward Small ... presenter
Grant Whytock ... assistant to producer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Monty Brewster is a penniless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative, but there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest. Since he cannot tell anyone about spending the money as part of the agreement, everyone thinks that Brewster has flipped when he practically knocks himself out on a spending spree to get rid of the $1 million in time. Written by matt-282

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Taglines It's a HOWLUVA Lot of Fun! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les millions de Brewster (France)
  • Hilfe, ich bin Millionär (Germany)
  • Mi novio está loco (Spain)
  • Tirando un millón (Argentina)
  • Uma Mulher e Sete Milhões (Portugal)
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  • 79 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Upon its original release, the film was banned in Memphis, Tennessee, where officials found Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson's servant character had "too familiar a way about him" and that the movie overall depicted "too much social equality and racial mixture." See more »
Goofs When a phone rings on Brewster's desk, he picks up the wrong phone. His friend answers the ringing phone and passes it to Brewster and then places Brewster's hand set on the ringing phone's cradle, which would have ended the phone call. Brewster finishes his call and puts the handset on the other cradle. Then that phone rings and he has another conversation which is also impossible. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Re-Making Millions (2020). See more »
Soundtracks When Johnny Comes Marching Home See more »
Quotes Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster: Say, I heard you were in the Navy.
Jackson: So did the Japs. And when they did, there was more Hari-Kari and throat cutting than at a Harlem rent party.
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