Brewster's Millions

1945
Approved
1h 19m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Havoc, Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Patrick, and Helen Walker in Brewster's Millions (1945)

Comedy Romance

In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Upon its original release, the film was banned in Memphis, Tennessee, where officials found Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson's servant character had "too familiar a way about him" and that the movie overall depicted "too much social equality and racial mixture."

Goofs
When a phone rings on Brewster's desk, he picks up the wrong phone. His friend answers the ringing phone and passes it to Brewster and then places Brewster's hand set on the ringing phone's cradle, which would have ended the phone call. Brewster finishes his call and puts the handset on the other cradle. Then that phone rings and he has another conversation which is also impossible.

Quotes
Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster: Say, I heard you were in the Navy.
Jackson: So did the Japs. And when they did, there was more Hari-Kari and throat cutting than at a Harlem rent party.

Connections
Featured in Re-Making Millions (2020)

Soundtracks
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
(uncredited)
Written by Louis Lambert
Sung by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson at the beginning

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Review

Featured review

6/10

He's "in the money" but has to lose it...

This is a harmless screwball romp (one of the last of its kind) from the '40s starring DENNIS O'KEEFE as a man who, to satisfy the whim of a wealthy relative, has to spend $1,000,000 within a short amount of time in order to qualify for a $7,000,000 inheritance.

The script makes sure that he has a hard time ridding himself of dough. Seems everything he touches suddenly has the Midas touch. It's stretching it a bit when he even gets a telephone call from some radio show blithely announcing that he just won $25,000. It should happen to all of us, most of whom are still waiting for the Prize Patrol to show up at our door from Publisher's Clearing House.

Anyway, the script makes sure that O'Keefe has to mug his way through many hapless situations involving show biz connections, a fancy yacht, horse racing, everything that conceivably could give him a chance of losing money--but of course there's a happy ending.

Nice to see so many '40s players in the supporting roles. HELEN WALKER, NEIL HAMILTON, JOHN LITEL, JUNE HAVOC,MISCHA AUER, GAIL PATRICK, EDDIE "ROCHESTER" ANDERSON among others.

Allan Dwan directed and keeps things moving at a fast clip. And whatever happened to DENNIS O'KEEFE? He was a good light comedian and did a lot of straight dramatic roles too. Then suddenly he was out of sight in the movies, swallowed up by television for most of his career.