Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
A disparate group of travelers is eating in an isolated restaurant when a man drops dead of a heart attack. Before he dies, they discover that he is wanted for stealing several million ... See full summary »
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Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
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Rollie -
Lollie -
Stuart Briggs -
Barbara Briggs
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Howie Briggs -
Tugger -
Dotty
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Crush -
Charity
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Hope
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Sidney Preston -
Fred
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Bob
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Slaughter
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Director:
Richard FleischerWriters:
Tim Metcalfe (screenplay), Miguel Tejada-Flores (screenplay), Rudy De Luca (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
Awards
3 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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Trivia
Glad Bags and DeLaurentiis Entertainment co-sponsored a real-life million-dollar "treasure hunt" to coincide with this film's release. At the end of the movie, the cash is still missing, and moviegoers were invited to find the location of the hidden stash, using clues provided in the film (the sponsors also emphasized that the money wasn't PHYSICALLY hidden anywhere, lest anyone injure themselves or damage property while searching for the loot; the audience just had to GUESS where the money was hidden). Ticket buyers were even given game cards shaped like American currency - with a big photo of Dino De Laurentiis where the President should be. In the end, it was a big disaster for the studio. The film was one of the major flops of the 1980s, barely grossing a million dollars at the box office, which the studio wound up forking over to the contest winner, a woman in Bakersfield, California. (Incidentally, the money was hidden in the bridge of the Statue of Liberty's nose).
Quotes
Tugger:
What in the holy hell was he doing with a paper-shredder this big?
Stuart:
Well, he worked for the government, didn't he?
Goofs
The green car that Mr. & Mrs. Briggs steal is a Ford LTD, but in interior shots of the car, a Lincoln emblem is on the steering wheel.
Soundtracks
If It's Love You WantWritten and performed by John Lewis Parker
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
Comedy | MysteryDetails
Release Date:
12 June 1987Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Glen Canyon, Arizona, USABox Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$513,731 14 June 1987
Gross USA:
$989,033
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$989,033
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