The lady and her crooks

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Movie
German title The lady and her crooks
Original title Fitzwilly
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1967
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Delbert man
script Isobel Lennart
production Walter Mirisch
music John Williams
camera Joseph Biroc
cut Ralph E. Winters
occupation

The Lady and Her Crooks , originally called Fitzwilly , is an American film from 1967 by the director Delbert Mann with Dick van Dyke and Barbara Feldon in the leading roles. Isobel Lennart wrote the script . She used a novel by Poyntz Tyler as a template . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film first hit cinemas on April 19, 1968.

action

Miss Vicky, a lovely old noble lady, lives in a very posh house in New York's most posh neighborhood, has a quirk : she continues the tradition of her late father and gives away her money to all kinds of needy people and charitable institutions until she is ultimately poor is. But Fitzwilly, doctor of law (summa cum laude), full of ideas and a brilliant organizer who, out of love for the old lady, holds the butler's position with her, ensures with the servants that Miss Vicky does not notice her poverty. Because of theft and insurance fraud, there is always so much money left that the old lady can keep the faith in her father's wealth.

The Butler's successful direction appears to be in jeopardy when Miss Juliet, a PhD student in philology , is hired as a typist to finish a dictionary for illiterates that Lady Vicky has been working on for years. Juliet soon finds out about the rip-offs of the servants, but keeps her mouth shut because she has fallen in love with the "leader".

One last coup should bring the final renovation. In the middle of the Christmas hustle and bustle, the "Gimbel" department store is relieved of $ 190,000. But one of the servants gets a remorse and faces the police. The old lady can take her servant home with her for 190,000 dollars. Everything was in vain, and the hope of ending their rogue existence disappears for servants and lovers. Miss Vicky reveals to those gathered at the engagement party that the ransom came from selling her dictionary to a Hollywood producer. Another 500,000 dollars to wait when the second part "L to Z" will be completed!

criticism

"Turbulent crook comedy, [...] all in all an amusing entertainment."

“Fresh and punchy thief comedy, which hardly tempts to imitate because of its unreal features. Entertaining fun from 14. "

- Protestant film observer

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The source for the indication of the plot is the long review in the Evangelisches Film-Beobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 205/1968, p. 210
  2. rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2148