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The Fortune is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Mike Nichols released in USA on 20 may 1975 with Jack Nicholson

The Fortune (1975)

The Fortune
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Released in USA 20 may 1975
Length 1h28
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Crime,    Romance
Rating55% 2.799532.799532.799532.799532.79953

The Fortune is a 1975 American comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role.

Synopsis

Nicky Wilson (Beatty) and Oscar Sullivan (Nicholson) are inept 1920s scam artists who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa Bigard (Stockard Channing), the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She loves the already married Nicky, but because the Mann Act prohibits him from taking her across state lines and engaging in immoral relations, he proposes that she marry Oscar and then carry on an affair with the man she wants. Oscar, who is wanted for embezzlement and anxious to get out of town, is happy to comply with the plan, although he intends to claim his spousal privileges after they are wed.

Actors

Jack Nicholson

(Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan)
Warren Beatty

(Nicky Wilson)
Stockard Channing

(Freddie Bigard)
Ian Wolfe

(Justice of the Peace)
Brian Avery

(Airline Steward)
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