The Happy Thieves
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Director George Marshall Music director Mario Nascimbene Duration Language English | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Crime Screenplay Richard Condon, John Gay Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 20, 1961 (Chicago, Illinois)
January 1962 (Nationwide) Based on The Oldest Confession
by Richard Condon Writer Richard Condon (novel), John Gay Cast Rita Hayworth (Eve Lewis), Rex Harrison (Jimmy Bourne), Joseph Wiseman (Jean Marie Calbert), Alida Valli (Duchess Blanca), Grégoire Aslan (Dr. Victor Muñoz), Virgílio Teixeira (Cayetano the Bullfighter)Similar movies High Risk , Jönssonligan på Mallorca , The Italian Job , Trance , Tower Heist , The Light Touch Tagline Rita and Rex Steal The Picture! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Happy Thieves is a 1961 American crime/comedy-drama film starring Rex Harrison and Rita Hayworth and directed by George Marshall. The film is based on the novel The Oldest Confession by Richard Condon. The film was poorly received, with star Harrison later describing it as 'absolute rubbish'.
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Plot
A painting belonging to Duchess Blanca (Alida Valli) is stolen from a castle in Spain by the clever Jimmy Bourne (Rex Harrison) and his partner in crime, Eve Lewis (Rita Hayworth). It is stolen from the thieves, however, by Dr. Victor Muñoz (Grégoire Aslan), the cousin of the duchess.
Eve wants to go straight, but Muñoz blackmails her and Jim, demanding they steal another valuable artwork, a Goya, from the Prado museum. A duplicate is created by Jean Marie Calbert (Joseph Wiseman) and a switch is planned during the farewell bullfight of a matador (Virgilio Teixeira) whom the duchess intends to wed.
Munoz shoots the matador. During the ensuing chaos, Jim and Eve switch the paintings. They also find Munoz dead, killed in vengeance by the duchess. Jim is brought to justice and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Eve vows to wait for him.
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