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The Honeymoon Machine is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Mullaney and Dean Jagger, based on the 1959 Broadway play The Golden Fleecing by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
In The Honeymoon Machine McQueen plays a Navy lieutenant who programs his ship's computer, nicknamed "Max," to beat the odds at a casino in Venice, Italy, by receiving signals showing results at the roulette wheel.
- Richard Thorpe, Ronald Florance
- Steve Mcqueen
The Honeymoon Machine (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
1961 The Honeymoon Machine part 1 of 2. Directed by Richard Thorpe Writing Credits Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... (play) George Wells ... (screen play by) Cast Steve McQueen ... Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie...
- 43 min
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- Knack Entertainment
Aug 1, 2011 · The Navy's test -- Operation Honeymoon -- of the on-board supercomputer Max and its ability to predict an ICBM's place of impact is a success. But Lt. Fergie Howard (Steve McQueen) wonders if Max can pinpoint something smaller -- say, the slot where a Venice casino's roulette wheel's ball will land?
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Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land.
The USS Elmira is doing missile tests under the code named Operation Honeymoon using a supercomputer called Magnetic Analyzer Computing Synchrotron (MACS). Nerdy civilian scientist Jason Eldridge and Lt. Ferguson Howard (Steve McQueen) go ashore in Venice.
