Marcus Pendleton/Caesar Smith
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Con artist Marcus Pendleton has just been released from prison for embezzlement. He has emerged into a world increasingly reliant on computers. He convinces computer programmer Caesar Smith to follow his lifelong dream of hunting moths in the Amazon Rainforest.
Hot Millions is a 1968 film about a con artist who impersonates a computer expert and steals from an insurance company. The movie features Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart and other stars, and was nominated for two Oscars.
- (2.3K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Eric Till
- 1969-01-17
Oct 25, 2014 · Directed by Eric Till, This comedy caper starred Peter Ustinov,Maggie Smith and Karl Malden and features a terrific score from Laurie Johnson.''ALL CONTENT B...
- 2 min
- 12.7K
- Valdez244
Peter Ustinov plays an embezzler who tries to trick a computer into sending him millions of pounds. He falls in love with Maggie Smith, a lonely secretary who plays the flute. Read Ebert's analysis and praise of the film's warmth and charm.
This British caper follows Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov), a con man just out of prison. After assuming the identity of a computer whiz, Pendleton lands a corporate job and starts...
- (6)
- Eric Till
- G
- Peter Ustinov
Released from prison, Marcus Pendleton, an embezzler whose crime was discovered by a computer, decides to become a computer expert. He then befriends Caesar Smith, one of Britain's foremost computer authorities, and persuades him to leave the country.
Looking for an angle, he convinces Caesar Smith (Robert Morley), a noted computer whiz, to follow his life-long desire, to hunt butterflies in the Amazon. Using Caesar's résumé, he finds employment in the corporate world and begins a very large operation under the noses of his superiors.
