Who's Minding the Mint?
Who's Minding the Mint? is a 1967 American crime comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan and Milton Berle. The screenplay, concerning a group of individuals who break into a United States Treasury building to print currency, was written by R.S. Allen and Harvey Bullock. The movie was produced by Norman Maurer for Columbia Pictures and is Morris’ directorial debut. The supporting cast features Joey Bishop and Bob Denver. It was the last leading role for Jim Hutton.
Plot
Harry Lucas (Jim Hutton) works at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. He has an admirer in sweet co-worker Verna Baxter (Dorothy Provine), who tries to woo him by giving him home-made, yet famously inedible fudge, but he avoids her because he doesn't feel ready for anything serious. He also has a nemesis in co-worker and supervisor Samson Link (David J. Stewart), who can't understand how Harry manages to live beyond his means. Unbeknownst to Link, Harry relies on free trials that enable him to take luxury apartments and ride in chauffeured cars, enjoying the good life, including romance with a sexy neighbor.
More details
| author | Harvey Bullock |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Washington, D.C. |
| director | Howard Morris |
| editor | Adrienne Fazan |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | after hours amusement park beagle boat captain bureau of engraving and printing david j. stewart dive dump force fudge garbage disposal garbage disposal unit going into labor ice cream truck ice cream van jack gilford luxury apartment manhole one by one pawnbroker police officer public works safe-cracking safecracker scuba diving search secret passage truck driver victor buono wash |
| musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
| producer | Norman Maurer |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | crime comedy heist |