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Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar , who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the ...
Sep 19, 1980 · 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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1980-09-19
A comedy about a gas station owner who claims to be the beneficiary of a mysterious Howard Hughes will. Paul Le Mat stars as Melvin Dummar, a simple and genial man who faces the challenges of fame and fortune.
92% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 60% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings When luckless dreamer Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) rescues a grizzled, half-dead man (Jason Robards) from the desert, he's skeptical of...
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- Jonathan Demme
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- Paul Le Mat
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When luckless dreamer Melvin E. Dummar rescues a grizzled, half-dead man from the desert, he's skeptical of the man's claim that he's actually reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. But in the wake of Hughes' death a decade later, a will appears naming Melvin the recipient of $156 million, and a media circus ensues.
1h 35m. Synopsis. One day in the early 1970s, Nevada milkman Melvin Dummar picks up an unkempt, bearded stranger, gives him a ride into town and a quarter. The chronically cash-strapped Dummar later discovers that the man he picked up was the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who has died and left him $150 million. Directors. Jonathan Demme.
