The Fortune (1975)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Mike Nichols

Writer:

Carole Eastman (written by)

Release Date:

16 October 1975 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

It takes three to tango (if you don't count the chicken)

Plot:

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them . not even murder.

Plot Keywords:

Scheme | 1920s | Heiress | Will | Across State Lines

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Stockard Channing	...	Fredrika Contessa 'Freddie' Biggars / Sullivan
Jack Nicholson	...	Oscar Sullivan aka Oscar Dix
Warren Beatty	...	Nicky Wilson
Ian Wolfe	...	Justice of the Peace
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
Tom Newman	...	John the Barber
Jim Antonio	...	1st Policeman
Vic Vallaro	...	2nd Policeman
Richard B. Shull	...	Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power

Also Known As:

Spite and Malice

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:PG | UK:15 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

This film was one of the two movies that Jack Nicholson made while waiting for production on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) to start.

Quotes:

Nicky Wilson: [To Frederica who's screaming because Oscar is walking on the plane's wing during flight] Just ignore him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Lion Roars Again (1975)

I'm sorry gridoon didn't get the plot. I thought it was hilarious.

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.