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Plot. In the opening scene, Howard Hughes loses control of his motorcycle and crashes in the Nevada desert. That night, he is discovered lying on the side of a stretch of U.S. Highway 95 when Melvin Dummar stops his pickup truck so he can relieve himself.
Melvin and Howard: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen. The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
- (5.4K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1980-09-19
The genius of “Melvin and Howard” is that it is about Melvin, not Howard. The film begins and ends with scenes involving the Hughes character, who is played by Jason Robards as a desert rat with fading memories of happiness.
Melvin and Howard. When luckless dreamer Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) rescues a grizzled, half-dead man (Jason Robards) from the desert, he's skeptical of the man's claim that he's actually ...
- (24)
- Jonathan Demme
- R
- Paul Le Mat
Melvin and Howard (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
ALL HE WANTED WAS TO BE MILKMAN OF THE MONTH. INSTEAD, HE LOST HIS JOB, HIS TRUCK, AND HIS WIFE. THEN HOWARD HUGHES LEFT HIM $156,000,000."The ...
- 95 min
- 25.8K
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