Fitzwilly / the Mirisch Corporation presents ; a Walter Mirisch production ; screenplay by Isobel Lennart ; produced by Walter Miricsh ; directed by Delbert Mann.
Material type:
FilmSeries: Metro Goldwyn Mayer limited edition collectionPublisher: [Los Angeles, California] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Director of photography, Joseph Biroc; music, Johnny Williams; editor, Ralph E. Winters.
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Adult DVD
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Northport Library | DVD | COMEDY FITZWILL | Available | 33111009982576 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When an aging philanthropist falls on hard times, her butler starts to rob the rich so that she can keep on giving to the poor in this comedy. Claude Fitzwilliam (Dick Van Dyke), known to his friends as "Fitzwilly," works as a butler for Victoria Woodworth (Edith Evans), who -- ever since the death of her husband -- has been using her inheritance to benefit her favorite charitable causes. However, no one has the heart to tell Mrs. Woodworth that she doesn't have much money left, and to compensate for the shortfall brought on by her philanthropy, Fitzwilly and his fellow domestics have been pulling a series of robberies at department stores. When Mrs. Woodworth gets the idea of compiling "A Dictionary for Dopes," which indexes phonetic spellings of commonly misspelled words, she hires Juliet Nowell (Barbara Feldon) to help on the project as a secretary. Juliet senses that there's something fishy about Fitzwilly, especially when she finds out that he has a college education but earns a meager salary as a butler, and she imagines the worst when she finds out about his criminal activities. Watch for Sam Waterston in a small role; this was his first film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD-R; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital.
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Wide screen.
Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, Edith Evans, Harry Townes, John Fiedler, Norman Fell.
Director of photography, Joseph Biroc; music, Johnny Williams; editor, Ralph E. Winters.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967 by Mirisch Corporation.
Based on the novel A garden of cucumbers by Poyntz Tyler.
When Miss Vicki's rich father dies, her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.