This movie was so well-received that they made a very similar vehicle for James Garner a few years later with The Wheeler Dealers, and both movies were crafted to leverage the popularity of Garner in Maverick episodes where he worked deals or cons or both.
Here he's the king of the Win-Win deal, long before corporate raiding was a hot topic. The writers did a great job of making the deals in this movie both believable and understandable, whether or not they'd actually work in real life.
Garner waltzes through the movie with his constant charm, while wooing businessmen for deals and Natalie Wood for love ... and she just happens to be the daughter of the main target of his deal, and the only reason he wants the deal is to be able to get close to Natalie Wood, who he'd previously fallen in love with.
Both business and romance run into predictable snags, but somehow you know Cash will work them out. :-)
We laughed a lot and could have started it right back over again immediately.
Here he's the king of the Win-Win deal, long before corporate raiding was a hot topic. The writers did a great job of making the deals in this movie both believable and understandable, whether or not they'd actually work in real life.
Garner waltzes through the movie with his constant charm, while wooing businessmen for deals and Natalie Wood for love ... and she just happens to be the daughter of the main target of his deal, and the only reason he wants the deal is to be able to get close to Natalie Wood, who he'd previously fallen in love with.
Both business and romance run into predictable snags, but somehow you know Cash will work them out. :-)
We laughed a lot and could have started it right back over again immediately.