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A 1980 comedy-drama film based on the true story of Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have met Howard Hughes and inherited his fortune. The film stars Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, and Jason Robards, and was directed by Jonathan Demme.
Melvin and Howard: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen. The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
- (5.4K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1980-09-19
The genius of “Melvin and Howard” is that it is about Melvin, not Howard. The film begins and ends with scenes involving the Hughes character, who is played by Jason Robards as a desert rat with fading memories of happiness.
When luckless dreamer Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) rescues a grizzled, half-dead man (Jason Robards) from the desert, he's skeptical of the man's claim that he's actually reclusive billionaire ...
- (24)
- Jonathan Demme
- R
- Paul Le Mat
A comedy-drama film based on the true story of Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have inherited $156 million from Howard Hughes after helping him in the desert. The film follows Melvin's struggles with his marriage, his job, and the media attention as he faces legal challenges to the will's authenticity.
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One day in the early 1970s, Nevada milkman Melvin Dummar picks up an unkempt, bearded stranger, gives him a ride into town and a quarter. The chronically cash-strapped Dummar later discovers that the man he picked up was the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who has died and left him $150...
