Fitzwilly (1967)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Delbert Mann

Writers:

Poyntz Tyler (novel)
Isobel Lennart (writer)

Release Date:

19 April 1968 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke...

Plot Keywords:

Philanthropist | Butler | Wealthy | Spelling | Dictionary

Cast

Dick Van Dyke	...	Claude R. Fitzwilliam
Barbara Feldon	...	Juliet Nowell
John McGiver	...	Albert
Edith Evans	...	Miss Victoria Woodworth
Harry Townes	...	Mr. Nowell
John Fiedler	...	Mr. Morton Dunne
Anne Seymour	...	Grimsby
Norman Fell	...	Oberblatz
Cecil Kellaway	...	Buckmaster
Stephen Strimpell	...	Byron Casey
Helen Kleeb	...	Mrs. Mortimer
Paul Reed	...	Prettikin
Albert Carrier	...	Pierre
Nelson Olmsted	...	Simmons
Dennis Cooney	...	Assistant D.A. Elliot Adams

Also Known As:

A Garden of Cucumbers
Fitzwilly Strikes Back (UK)
The One with the Fuzz (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

High Street, Moorpark, California, USA

Company:

Mirisch Corporation, The

Trivia:

The working title for this picture was "The One With The Fuzz."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Soundtrack:

Make Me Rainbows

Neat sophisticated Dick Van Dyke comedy.

Dick Van Dyke comedy that relies more on sophisticated comedy than slapstick. Van Dyke plays a sophisticated and proper butler. The old woman he works for is penniless but he keeps this from her allowing her to believe that she is rich and can give thousands of dollars to charities, which she does. The butler is also quite an educated brain and forms the household staff into a Robin Hood band which steals from the rich (namely insurance companies paying off department store thefts) to give to the old woman who in turn turns it over to the charities (minus household expenses). It is all rather organized and quite reminiscent in many ways to the butler role in "Candleshoe" and the gang in "Who's Minding the Mint," without the slapstick. Van Dyke is perfectly cast as the butler thief with good intentions who would do anything to make the woman happy. Barbara Feldon (99 of "Get Smart") arrives as the new secretary upsetting both the criminal acts and the private world of Van Dyke who seemingly for the first time gathers a love interest for someone besides the old woman. Rated G and briskly paced, but a little talky for kids used to Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A neat film for those that love 1960's comedy and Dick Van Dyke.