The stolen million

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Movie
German title The stolen million
Original title The Boy Who Stole a Million
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 1960
length 75 minutes
Rod
Director Charles Crichton
script Charles Crichton,
Niels West-Larsen
production George H. Brown ,
Jan Darnley-Smith
music Tristram Cary
camera Douglas Slocombe
cut Peter Bezencenet
occupation

The Stolen Million (Original title: The Boy Who Stole a Million ) is an adventurous British comedy film in black and white from 1960 by Charles Crichton , who - together with Niels West-Larsen - wrote the screenplay. Maurice Reyna , Virgílio Teixeira , Marianne Benet and Harold Kasket can be seen in the leading roles . The film was first released in the US on September 2, 1960 . In the Federal Republic of Germany it had its premiere on May 5, 1968 in the program of the Second German Television ( ZDF ).

action

Little Paco lives with his father and the dog Pepe in the Spanish city of Valencia . Paco's father is a taxi driver, but one day his taxi gives the last gasp and has to go to the workshop for repairs. Paco, who in a smart uniform earns a few pesetas as an errand boy in the services of a bank , has to listen to Luis, the man from the workshop, demand 10,000 pesetas from his father, and he does not want to give the car over without payment. To help his father, Paco “borrows” money from his employer without further ado, but without the cashier knowing anything about it. Only when counting does he notice that he is suddenly missing a million pesetas. The cashier then triggers the major alarm. The suspicion quickly falls on Paco, who soon not only has all the police officers but also all Valencia crooks big and small on his back. But Paco, repeatedly caught and even taken, escapes both the thieves and the thieves with a lot of luck over and over again, until his papa and his friends Luis and Maria can finally free him from a tight spot. At the end of the hunt, the contrite Paco is deducted interest from his pocket money for “borrowing” the money for a day, which converts the ill-considered illegal “loan” into a legal loan.

Reviews

The Evangelical movie watchers reached for the German TV premiere his criticism as follows: "Light-hearted, especially for a younger audience imaginary conversation in which the fun on the (unobtrusive upscale) index finger triumph of the director." Even the lexicon of international film arrives to a predominantly positive assessment: “A romantic, at times somewhat sentimental film, which satirizes selfishness and greed with irony and wit. Enjoyable entertainment. For all."

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 297/1968, pp. 300–301
  2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1315.