Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
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Cast
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| Stockard Channing | ... | Freddie | |
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Oscar | |
| Warren Beatty | ... | Nicky Stumpo | |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Justice of Peace | |
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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 | |
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Tom Newman | ... | John The Barber |
| Jim Antonio | ... | 1st Policeman | |
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Vic Vallaro | ... | 2nd Policeman |
| Richard B. Shull | ... | Chief Detective | |
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The early 1900's with its Mann-Act (disallowing women to be transported across State lines for immoral reasons) brings a married man to devise a scheme for taking his upper-class girlfriend away with him... he simply has her marry his unmarried buddy. However, it doesn't take very long before both men start laying claim to her affection... until, that is, she's about to be cut out of her parent's fortune. So, a new scheme is devised, which only adds to their problems, as well as to the sly whimsy of this film. Written by BOB STEBBINS <stebinsbob@aol.com>
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Opening credits prologue: During the 1920s, in the United States, the law known as the Mann Act was much feared. It prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. Because of the Mann Act, a man who wanted to run off with a woman and was willing, or unable, to marry her, would sometimes go to unusual lengths. See more »Goofs
In the opening scene, where Freddie is kissing Nicky, she lifts her head up and the makeup line can clearly be scene on the bottom of her jaw. See more »Quotes
Nicky Wilson: [To Frederica who's screaming because Oscar is walking on the plane's wing during flight] Just ignore him.See more »
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Stockhard Channing must be one of the most underrated comediennes about. This is an hilarious film. gridoon, who found it disappointing, seems to base his critique on the quality of the cast; Nicholson; Beatty & Channing. His expectations were probably pitched too high - and, sure, Five Easy Pieces is amazing, and Bonnie & Clyde is a classic. But The Fortune can stand on its own. It is very funny. The pace is hectic and the storyline has resonances of "It Happened One Night". The difference being that in the "The Fortune", the heroine is kidnapped - a botched attempt by two incompetents (Nicholson & Beatty). The so-called Swedish Syndrome seems to have rooted here, in that the captive falls for her captors & doesn't want to be saved.
This film is well worth putting into DVD format - all Regions, please.