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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 film, three men devise a plan to win at roulette with a United States Navy computer ...
- $2 million
- Lawrence Weingarten
The Honeymoon Machine (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Honeymoon Machine, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Admiral's Daughters Enterprising Navy officer Fergie (Steve McQueen) ejects scientist pal Jason (Jim Hutton) from their Venice suite where they’re planning a casino scam, to be alone with Julie (Brigid Bazlen), the forward daughter of their admiral, whom they’ve just met by chance, early in MGM ...
- Richard Thorpe, Ronald Florance
- Steve Mcqueen
Synopsis. 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. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of ...
- 1961
- 8
- Richard Thorpe
Tom M Silly premise, poorly acted, yet enough suspense to pass the time. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/20/20 Full Review camille l The Honeymoon Machine est une petite comédie de ...
- (9)
- David Nusair
- Comedy
- Richard Thorpe
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. 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, putting a serious crimp in the officers ...
Note in the film how comedy comes so much easier to Hutton and Prentiss than to the leads. Also there's a nice performance by Jack Weston as a sailor they get smashed after he's on their trail. On Broadway Golden Fleecing ran for 84 performances and had Tom Poston, Suzanne Pleshette and Constance Ford in the cast.
