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The Fortune is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role.
Oct 16, 1975 · The Fortune: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley. Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
- (3.2K)
- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Mike Nichols
- 1975-10-16
Hopping a train, Nick (Warren Beatty) has persuaded flunkie Oscar (Jack Nicholson) to marry heiress Frankie (Stockard Channing), who's out cold, to evade Mann Act violations, early in Mike Nichols' The Fortune, 1975.
- Mike Nichols
- Jack Nicholson
In the 1920s, it is against the law to transport a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes." But Nicky (Warren Beatty) thinks he has a found a way around this by having his friend Oscar ...
- (11)
- Mike Nichols
- PG
- Jack Nicholson
'The Fortune' is a crime comedy, centred around the dubious exploits of two 1920s conmen, promisingly played by Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. Their job is to cheat a wealthy woman out of her fortune, and the film starts off positively.
Nothing will stop them, not even murder. The early 1900s with its Mann Act (disallowing women to be transported across state lines for immoral reasons) brings a married man to devise a scheme for taking his upper-class girlfriend away with him. He simply has her marry his unmarried buddy.
Comedy · Crime. A witty and audacious comedy that follows three people with differing plans from each other, leading to a whimsical set of circumstances. Subtitles: English. Starring: Warren Beatty Stockard Channing Jack Nicholson Scatman Crothers. Directed by: Mike Nichols.
