The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Roger Tréville
- Auctioneer
- (as Roger Treville)
Edward Malin
- Insurance Clerk
- (as Eddie Malin)
Georg Stanford Brown
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Louise Chevalier
- Cleaning Woman
- (uncredited)
Rémy Longa
- Young Man
- (uncredited)
Pierre Mirat
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Jacques Ramade
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Olga Valéry
- Lady with the dog
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWalter Matthau was the first choice for the Eli Wallach part but was asking $200,000, so the producers opted for the less expensive George C. Scott. Scott had been on the set for a few weeks before shooting began. However, on his first day of shooting, he didn't show up until after lunch, and director William Wyler decided to fire him. He was already finding it difficult to handle two heavy drinkers, Peter O'Toole and Hugh Griffith, and the prospect of a third was just too overwhelming. On hearing of Scott's removal from the production, Audrey Hepburn became quite inconsolable.
- GoofsWhen Bonnet gives the curator the statue, the curator touches the white marble with his bare hands. A real curator would never touch a marble work of art with bare hands, as the oils from the skin can stain the marble, turning it yellow. Curators always wear white gloves before touching any work of art.
- Quotes
[Nicole describes the burglar to her Papa]
Nicole Bonnet: Well, it was pitch dark and there he was. Tall, blue eyes, slim, quite good-looking... in a brutal, mean way, Papa. A terrible man!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Wars: Music by John Williams (1980)
- SoundtracksLa Marseillaise
(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
In the score when the statue is transported to the museum
Featured review
You really are the smuggest and most hateful man!
William Wyler crafts a delightfully frothy caper backed up by wonderful on screen chemistry between Peter O'Toole & Audrey Hepburn. It seems to me that Hepburn always managed to bond with her Male co-stars, and here the interplay between O'Toole and herself is wonderful. Check out a long sequence of events involving the pair hiding out in a closet, it's gold dusted cinema.
The film's central plot involves Hepburn & O'Toole planning a daring robbery from a Paris museum to keep her art forger Father (a delightful Hugh Griffith) out of trouble, at first the couple are purely business partners with no love lost for each other, but as the story plays out the pair are forced to get along and etc.
The burglary itself is dramatic, attention grabbing entertainment, and it's also the film's highest point, but overall the film as a whole is simply good romantic fun. Also helps that it features a very tidy shift for the finale to further reward the audience for their time spent with the movie. Throw in dapper turns from Charles Boyer & Eli Wallach too, and it's all good really.
Open the wine, sit back and relax with Pete & Audrey. 8/10
The film's central plot involves Hepburn & O'Toole planning a daring robbery from a Paris museum to keep her art forger Father (a delightful Hugh Griffith) out of trouble, at first the couple are purely business partners with no love lost for each other, but as the story plays out the pair are forced to get along and etc.
The burglary itself is dramatic, attention grabbing entertainment, and it's also the film's highest point, but overall the film as a whole is simply good romantic fun. Also helps that it features a very tidy shift for the finale to further reward the audience for their time spent with the movie. Throw in dapper turns from Charles Boyer & Eli Wallach too, and it's all good really.
Open the wine, sit back and relax with Pete & Audrey. 8/10
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- Also known as
- William Wyler's How to Steal a Million
- Filming locations
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France(Bonnet's house at junction Rue Parmentier & Boulevard Bineau, now demolished)
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- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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