Attractive and agreeable comedy with star-studded cast, sympathetic incidents , entertainment and amusement. Shot on location in París, but no showing sightseeing or monuments, though it has luxurious houses and gorgeous indoors. Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn give glorious, charming acting, and the latter is especially frankly delightful. Paris, 1966...Monsieur Charles Bonnet (Hugh Griffith), the current head of the Bonnet family, custodian of the family's legendary collection of fine art, and he's a noted collector in his own right. His daughter, Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn, dressed in Givenchy clothes, as usual), wants him to stop this business fearing that some day soon he will get caught. To save her father from prison she contacts the only person she knows who she believes can help her, namely a burglar named Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole), in order to attempt to steal a priceless statue. Meet a couple of smart operators who give a lesson in love and larceny !. A movie about those who appreciate the finest things in life... for free! Having a Wonderful Crime! Wish You Were Here!
Enjoyable and attractive comedy based on the story¨Venus Rising¨ by George Bradshaw. Stylish and fast moving picture in which a girl is drawn into a criminal intrigue to save her father resulting in surprising consequences. This is a sparklingly sophisticated comedy/thriller/romance with Wyler's stylish direction and full of plot twists and red herrings. From the opening credits to the ending, entertainment and amusement are well provided. William Wyler is prepared to resort to all the tricks in the cinematic trade to make this a fascinating thriller-comedy. It displays some very diverting and funny moments, with a lot of diversions into the museum, involving a million-dollar heist of a sculpture in Paris art museum. The robbery itself is the complete spectacle, in which 'Topkapi'-like safety precautions have to be overcome. Here Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole are perfectly cast as partners in crime. Elegant Hepburn delivers the goods in more ways than one. This girl is such charming to watch , the voice, the face are ever-changing, completely individual. While Hugh Griffith gives a nice acting as Hepburn's art-forging father and he steals the show, at times. A charming, lightweight script and various Parisian locals combine for fun, above average fluff. Four French matinee idols of the Thirties: Charles Boyer, Fernand Gravet, Roger Tréville and Marcel Dalio show up in supporting characters each in his 60s, but all as debonair as ever. And a fat comedian called Moustache is very likeable as a museum guard, along with the indispensable Jacques Marin as a chief guard.
This comedy-crime caper was competently directed by William Wyler, who had a long Hollywood career. Wyler was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema and the winner of three Best Director Academy Awards . Wyler was a great professional who had a career full of successes in all kind of genres as Film Noir : ¨Detective story¨ , ¨The desperate hours¨ , ¨Dead End¨ ; Western : ¨The Westener¨, ¨Friendly persuasion¨ , ¨Big Country¨, but his speciality were dramas such as : ¨Jezebel¨ , ¨The letter¨ , ¨Wuthering Heights¨ , ¨The best years of our lives¨, ¨Mrs Miniver¨, ¨The heiress¨ , ¨the little Foxes¨ , ¨Friendly persuasion¨, ¨The Liberation of L. B. Jones¨, ¨The collector¨ and Comedy as two films starred by Audrey Hepburn : ¨How to steal a million¨ and of course the immortal comedy-romance ¨Roman's holiday¨. Rating ¨How to Steal a Million¨ : 7.5/10. Better than average , worthwhile seeing . It results to be a pretty good film that catches up the audience .
Enjoyable and attractive comedy based on the story¨Venus Rising¨ by George Bradshaw. Stylish and fast moving picture in which a girl is drawn into a criminal intrigue to save her father resulting in surprising consequences. This is a sparklingly sophisticated comedy/thriller/romance with Wyler's stylish direction and full of plot twists and red herrings. From the opening credits to the ending, entertainment and amusement are well provided. William Wyler is prepared to resort to all the tricks in the cinematic trade to make this a fascinating thriller-comedy. It displays some very diverting and funny moments, with a lot of diversions into the museum, involving a million-dollar heist of a sculpture in Paris art museum. The robbery itself is the complete spectacle, in which 'Topkapi'-like safety precautions have to be overcome. Here Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole are perfectly cast as partners in crime. Elegant Hepburn delivers the goods in more ways than one. This girl is such charming to watch , the voice, the face are ever-changing, completely individual. While Hugh Griffith gives a nice acting as Hepburn's art-forging father and he steals the show, at times. A charming, lightweight script and various Parisian locals combine for fun, above average fluff. Four French matinee idols of the Thirties: Charles Boyer, Fernand Gravet, Roger Tréville and Marcel Dalio show up in supporting characters each in his 60s, but all as debonair as ever. And a fat comedian called Moustache is very likeable as a museum guard, along with the indispensable Jacques Marin as a chief guard.
This comedy-crime caper was competently directed by William Wyler, who had a long Hollywood career. Wyler was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema and the winner of three Best Director Academy Awards . Wyler was a great professional who had a career full of successes in all kind of genres as Film Noir : ¨Detective story¨ , ¨The desperate hours¨ , ¨Dead End¨ ; Western : ¨The Westener¨, ¨Friendly persuasion¨ , ¨Big Country¨, but his speciality were dramas such as : ¨Jezebel¨ , ¨The letter¨ , ¨Wuthering Heights¨ , ¨The best years of our lives¨, ¨Mrs Miniver¨, ¨The heiress¨ , ¨the little Foxes¨ , ¨Friendly persuasion¨, ¨The Liberation of L. B. Jones¨, ¨The collector¨ and Comedy as two films starred by Audrey Hepburn : ¨How to steal a million¨ and of course the immortal comedy-romance ¨Roman's holiday¨. Rating ¨How to Steal a Million¨ : 7.5/10. Better than average , worthwhile seeing . It results to be a pretty good film that catches up the audience .