How to Steal a Million (1966)
I’ve been watching so many girly movies lately, but I want to talk about this film that has Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole.
Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn) is a young aristocrat whose father is eccentric and even though he doesn’t need the money, forges famous works of art to sell them to other aristocrats. He begins to get a little too bold and decides to lend one of his faked statues to a famous Parisian museum. Everything goes well, except that people begin to get suspicious and hire a private detective, Simon Dermott (Peter O’Toole) in order to check on the validity of the Bonnett’s collection.
Mr. Dermott disguises himself as a burglar and Audrey Hepburn catches him in her house in the middle of the night. She doesn’t like him at first, but when she realises that her dad’s statue is going to be examined, she decides she needs his help to steal it before everyone finds out her dad is a fraud. Obviously, I can’t tell you much more than that!
What’s my take on this? I didn’t really believe that Hepburn and O’Toole were in love, because she seems really boyish and he seems really girlish. But I could imagine them being really good friends. It was also really good to see Peter O’Toole as a young man cause I’ve never seen him in an older movie besides Lawrence of Arabia and I didn’t really like that one. Sorry to everyone who does. Overall though, I would recommend this movie. It’s very classy and funny and sweet, kind of like Audrey Hepburn.
-Plum
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I really enjoyed this movie when first I saw it many years ago.
I also liked Wait Until Dark and most specially My Fair Lady.
I really liked Lawrence of Arabia.