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Melvin and Howard (1980)
Directed by Jonathan Demme
“Poor Melvin. All he wanted was to be Milkman of the Month. Instead, he lost his job, his truck, and his wife. Then Howard Hughes left him $156,000,000.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 35m
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.
Cast
Paul Le Mat
Melvin Dummar
Mary Steenburgen
Lynda Dummar
Jason Robards
Howard Hughes
Elizabeth Cheshire
Darcy Dummar
Chip Taylor
Clark Taylor
M
Melvin E. Dummar
Bus Depot Counterman
Michael J. Pollard
Little Red
Denise Galik
Lucy
Gene Borkan
Go-Go Club Owner #1
L
Lesley Margret Burton
Go-Go Dancer
W
Wendy Lee Couch
Go-Go Dancer
M
Marguerite Baierski
Go-Go Dancer
Crew
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Writer
- Bo Goldman
- Director of Photography
- Tak Fujimoto
- Original Music Composer
- Bruce Langhorne
- Editor
- Craig McKay
- Producer
- Art Linson, Don Phillips
Details
- Release date
- 1980-09-19
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures