Mr Billion
5.8 /10 1 Votes5.8
Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 3, 1977 (1977-03-03) Screenplay Jonathan Kaplan, Ken Friedman Cast (Guido Falcone), (Rosie Jones), (John Cutler), (Duane Hawkins), (Leopold Lacy), (Col. Clayton T. Winkle) Similar movies Tower Heist , Batman: Under the Red Hood , Arthur , The Invincible Iron Man , Down , Arthur 2: On the Rocks Tagline The eyes of the nation are on . . . MR. BILLION! |
Mr billion 1977 trailer
Mr. Billion is a 1977 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan.
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Plot

Guido Falcone (Terence Hill), an easygoing Italian mechanic, is heir to a billion-dollar inheritance after his uncle dies in a freak accident. In order to claim his inheritance, he must reach San Francisco within twenty days to sign a document. His uncle's greedy assistant John Cutler (Jackie Gleason) wants the money for himself, and hires a female detective (Valerie Perrine) to prevent him from reaching his goal.
Cast

Production

The film was the idea of Dino de Laurentiis, who wanted to introduce Terence Hill, at that time one of the biggest movie stars in Europe, to American audiences. He signed director Jonathan Kaplan, just coming off the successful White Line Fever.

Kaplan says production was difficult - he wanted to cast Lily Tomlin but the studio insisted on Valerie Perrine. Shooting took place in Italy. Kaplan says the highlight was working with Jackie Gleason; despite his drinking problem, Kaplan says he could sober up Gleason by doing old routines from The Honeymooners and getting laughs from the crew.
Reception

Mr. Billion was a major financial flop and Kaplan calls it the biggest failure of his career. In a retrospective review, the critic Keith Bailey called it "yet another case of Hollywood bringing a foreign actor in, and getting him to do different material than what made him famous in the first place".




References
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