How to Steal a Million

Buy This Item How to Steal a Million by 20th Century Fox  Available from Amazon  $10.99  on 11-28-2008     The daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of a wealthy Frenchman (Hugh Griffith) who creates counterfeit art learns her father is in danger of being exposed as a crook. She decides to steal the family's forged Cellini sculpture from a museum before experts can examine it and enlists a society burglar (Peter O'Toole) to help her. Reader Reviews HOW TO STEAL A MILLION is a fun caper comedy, with the fascinating star combination of Hepburn and O'Toole; and expertly directed by William Wyler ("Jezebel", "The Heiress"), his third-last major movie. Dressed to the nines in some gorgeous Givenchy ensembles, Audrey Hepburn is Nicole Bonnet, the daughter of a professional art forger (Hugh Griffith) who has made millions auctioning off "long-lost" pieces from the great masters. The trouble starts when a Paris musuem wishes to exhibit Bonnet's rare Venus statue - another forgery! Realising that the statue will be routinely examined by leading art specialists while on loan, Nicole teams with handsome art thief Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole) to stage a daring robbery and "steal" the fake statue before anyone uncovers her father's illegal practices. But is Simon all that he seems?... This delicious romantic comedy, filmed on location in Paris, zips along at a fast pace despite it's quite hefty two hour running-time. Audrey Hepburn dazzles with one of her most adorable performances, looking every inch the fashionable Parisian in her choice wardrobe of Givenchy clothes. Peter O'Toole also has a fun role; though Eli Wallach is wasted as Nicole's would-be fiancee with his own designs on the Bonnet art treasures. The musical score by John Williams is memorable, too. HOW TO STEAL A MILLION is a must-own for Audrey fans and lovers of classic romantic comedies. (Single-sided, dual-layer disc).

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