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The Honeymoon Machine

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Lt. Fergie Howard (Steve McQueen) teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam (Jack Mullaney) and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge (Jim Hutton) to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch (Dean Jagger), putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews The distressingly tedious climax, which attempts but fails to achieve a fast, frenetic feel, results in a final half hour that couldn't possibly be less interesting or involving... Rated: 2/4 Dec 4, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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camille l The Honeymoon Machine est une petite comédie de casse portée par l'immense Steve McQueen. L'intrigue est médiocre, le casse peu intéressant, les seconds rôles anecdotiques, mais McQueen inonde sa classe de tous les plans et fait bien marcher ses petits camarades, de simples faire-valoirs. Le film ne fait clairement aucun sens, mais chaque soulèvement de sourcil de McQueen l'emmène au dessus d'un vulgaire The Italian Job. De tous les plans, il rend ce film médiocre regardable et extrêmement sympathique. Il faut aussi souligner la belle performance de Birgid Bazlen, la seule à savoir vraiment comment rendre la réplique à McQueen. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Harmless 60's romp, but missing any charm. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoyable enough comedy about Steve McQueen and his Navy buddies using ship super computers to beat the Venice roulette tables. McQueen is really the only reason to watch this film, which otherwise would have been pretty forgettable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Silly bit of foolishness is empty cinema but fun in an mindless bubble gum way. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member one funny movie dose any one know if this out in stores or on line Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Just my type of movie..... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Thorpe

Director

Steve McQueen

Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard

Jim Hutton

Jason Eldridge

Brigid Bazlen

Julie Fitch

Paula Prentiss

Pam Dunstan

Dean Jagger

Admiral Fitch
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Synopsis Lt. Fergie Howard (Steve McQueen) teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam (Jack Mullaney) and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge (Jim Hutton) to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch (Dean Jagger), putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Producer
Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter
George Wells
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Avon Productions, Euterpe
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 1961, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2017
Runtime
1h 28m
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