Movie Review: ****How to Steal a Million (1966)

Not that I like stealing shows, but in this case the motivation is different; they are stealing to cover father's habit of forging artwork.  Bonnet (Hugh Griffith) is the forger, Nicole (Audrey Hepburn) is his daughter who wants him to quit the forging business.  However Bonnet is obsessed with fooling people, and creating replicas of the masters.  The art expert, Simon, set to expose everything, is he who falls in love with Nicole (Peter O'Toole).  Finally there is lover of art, Davis Leland (Eli Wallach) who will even become engaged to Nicole, in an effort to convince her father to let him purchase the statue created by his grandfather.
This is really a delightful romantic comedy.  The characters work together and it is a fun show.  I especially like the hiding in a small closet thing.

Movie Review: 1966 ****The Good the Bad and the Ugly

This movie is a classic Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood spaghetti Western.  This bits three con-men style bandits against each other and thus the title has three characters.  The Good is portrayed by Clint Eastwood; the Bad by Lee Van Cleef and the Ugly by Eli Wallach.  It is set against the back drop the Civil War in the West, with desert and battles and prison camp all mixed in.  Blondie (Eastwood) has come by a piece of information yo find a stash of goldl which is shared with Tuco (Wallach).  However Angel Eyes (Van Cleef) is also intent on finding the gold, and willing to kill to get it.  This meets for one of the classic three-way gun fights.  Seems like Tuco is always yelling for Blondie, and this is how the movie ends.  Great fun.  This movie is confusing, as there is an R rated  version.  However no inappropriate sex,  but there is violence.