Million Dollar Mystery

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Million Dollar Mystery is a movie released in 1987 as a promotional piece for Glad-Lock brand bags.

It had an assortment of actors and actresses and is best described as similar to It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

[edit] Plot summary

Tom Bosley has the starring role as Sidney Preston, a disgruntled White House aide that took off with $4 million that belonged to the government. While on the run, he stops at a roadside diner and has their world famous chili. He suffers a fatal heart attack, and before dying reveals to them the location of the first million dollars.

The occupants of the diner head out on a mad dash to find the loot. When they find the loot, they lose it in a mishap. They follow clues to the next million and lose it as well. After finding and losing the third million the movie ends. During the closing credits, one of the characters informs the audience that there is a million dollars somewhere in the USA and if they follow the clues in specially marked Glad-Lock bags, they have the chance to win $1,000,000.

[edit] Special notes

Kevin Pollak made his debut in this little-known film. The famous stuntman Dar Robinson died during the making of this film.