Who's Minding the Mint?
| Who's Minding the Mint? | |
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1967 film poster by Jack Rickard
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| Directed by | Howard Morris |
| Produced by | Norman Maurer |
| Screenplay by |
R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock |
| Starring |
Jim Hutton Dorothy Provine Milton Berle Joey Bishop Bob Denver Walter Brennan Victor Buono Jack Gilford |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Distributed by |
Columbia Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical) GoodTimes Home Video (video/VHS) |
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Release date
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September 26, 1967 (US) |
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Running time
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97 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Who's Minding the Mint? is a film from 1967 with elements of a Heist caper film. Howard Morris directed an ensemble cast that included Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan and Milton Berle. The screenplay, concerning a group of individuals who break into a US Treasury building to print money, was written by R.S. Allen and Harvey Bullock. The movie was produced by Norman Maurer for Columbia Pictures.
The film uses the term "mint" colloquially, as paper currency is actually produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing whereas only coins are produced by the U.S. Mint. Both agencies are headquartered in Washington, D.C., and both are overseen by United States Department of the Treasury.
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-cooked (yet famously inedible) fudge, but he avoids her because he doesn't feel ready for anything serious. He also has an enemy 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.
After Harry inadvertently drops $50,000 in new currency into a bag with Verna's fudge and leaves the mint with it, he unknowingly destroys the newly minted money when he dumps the entire contents of the bag into his garbage disposal. Realizing what he has done, he now fears Link and an audit at the mint.
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