Box Office Īccording to MGM records, the film made a profit of $122,000. Steve McQueen walked out of the first public sneak preview and vowed never to work for MGM again despite being under contractual obligation for two more pictures. Jim Hutton, Jack Mullaney and Steve McQueen work hard as the three connivers." Marcel Hillaire as Inspector of casino gamesīosley Crowther, critic for The New York Times was unimpressed, writing "It is a wild and labored operation, and when it finally comes to an end, one wonders whether it has even been bona fide farce." He did, however, appreciate the efforts of the main cast: "It profits by pleasant performers.Jack Weston as Signalman Burford Taylor.McQueen was second choice for this role, after Cary Grant turned the part down. The movie ends with newlyweds Howard and Fitch celebrating their honeymoon in the hotel. To avoid an international incident Howard agrees to intentionally lose all his chips on his last bet, but a riot breaks out between Soviets, Americans, and Italians in the casino over the chips. I gave those people 69.98 of my limited disability income for a 4 year renewal to Rodder's Digest on Jand then I extended my subscription on Novemfor another 2 years 24.99 to take advantage of a savings offer. The Soviets accuse the Navy of using MACS to steal from the casino. But nothin' burns my ass more than being cheated by a corporate conglomorate like Buckaroo Communications. Julie Fitch tells her father that she and Howard have "got to marry" each other to save him from court-martial. The gamblers get Signalman Burford Taylor, who finds their signal lamp, drunk to detain him, but Taylor escapes and reports to the admiral. However, Admiral Fitch sees and investigates their signals soon the Navy, the American and Soviet consulates, and Venice city authorities are on alert for a "revolution". The betting system is very effective, and the three men accumulate hundreds of thousands of dollars in casino chips the money gives Eldridge the confidence to propose to Dunstan. Eldridge reunites with former girlfriend and heiress Pam Dunstan, in Venice to marry another man. They plan to use signal lamps to communicate with a confederate manning MACS on the Elmira.Īt the hotel, dedicated bachelor Howard meets and romances Julie Fitch, the admiral's daughter. Howard and LTJG Beauregard Gilliam check into a Venice casino's hotel dressed as civilians with Eldridge, defying Admiral Fitch's order that naval officers on shore avoid the casino and wear uniforms. Ferguson Howard realize that, by using MACS to record a roulette table's spins over time, the computer can predict future results. Plot Ĭivilian scientist Jason Eldridge runs Magnetic Analyzer Computing Synchrotron (MACS), a vacuum tube computer aboard the United States Navy ship USS Elmira. The scheme works until an admiral ruins their plans. In the film, three men devise a plan to win at roulette with a United States Navy computer. The Honeymoon Machine is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Mullaney, and Dean Jagger, based on the 1959 Broadway play The Golden Fleecing by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
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