How to Steal a Million (1966)

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My favorite Quote!

Simon Dermott: Why must it be this particular work of art?
Nicole Bonnet: You don't think I'd steal something that didn't belong to me, do you?
Simon Dermott: Excuse me, I spoke without thinking.

I absolutely adore this movie! Its my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie of all time.

Nicole Bonnet is the daughter of a millio... read more

It may not have turned out to be a great movie, but How to Steal a Million is a good example of a film that could use a little bit of trimming around the middle. Namely in the sub-plot with Eli Wallach, which doesn’t seem of much use to the main thrust of the plot despite a last minute surprise reveal, could have been removed and a simple bit of dialog used in place to smooth over the story. Exe... read more

Gets better with the 'coup d'art' in the Museum. Otoole and Hepburn are big glamour and comedy stasr when such a thing was fading. Nice gag the atatue replaced by a bottle of wine.

Description: Charles Bonnet, the latest in a long line of master art forgers, loans one of his best works, a faux Cellini Venus, to a Paris museum despite his daughter Nicole's objections. Later, Nicole surprises a tuxedo-clad burglar in her father's workshop. She can't call the police because her father's hobby might be discovered, so she ends up driving the man--Simon Dermott--back to his hotel. Dermott is actually an inspector who is gathering evidence against Bonnet, but his attraction to Nicole complicates the assignment. Nicole learns that the museum plans to conduct a test on the Venus for insurance purposes, which she knows will expo Charles Bonnet, the latest in a long line of master art forgers, loans one of his best works, a faux Cellini Venus, to a Paris museum despite his daughter Nicole's objections. Later, Nicole surprises a tuxedo-clad burglar in her father's workshop. She can't call the police because her father's hobby might be discovered, so she ends up driving the man--Simon Dermott--back to his hotel. Dermott is actually an inspector who is gathering evidence against Bonnet, but his attraction to Nicole complicates the assignment. Nicole learns that the museum plans to conduct a test on the Venus for insurance purposes, which she knows will expose the statue as a fake. To save her father from jail, she asks Simon to steal it, unaware of his true identity. Simon, intrigued by the challenge and now smitten with Miss Bonnet, agrees to the proposal. ... (more) (less)