The Honeymoon Machine

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The Honeymoon Machine
1961 Movie Poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Produced by	Lawrence Weingarten
Written by	Lorenzo Semple Jr. (play) George Wells (screenplay)
Starring	Steve McQueen Brigid Bazlen Jim Hutton Paula Prentiss Dean Jagger Jack Weston Jack Mullaney
Music by	Leigh Harline
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1961
Running time	87 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Honeymoon Machine is a 1961 film starring Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Mullaney, and Dean Jagger, based on a 1959 Broadway play The Golden Fleecing by Lorenzo Semple Jr., where three navy men devise a plan to cheat the system of roulette with a mathematical machine. The scheme works until a signalman ruins their plans.

[edit] Cast

Steve McQueen ... Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard
Brigid Bazlen ... Julie Fitch
Jim Hutton ... Jason Eldridge
Paula Prentiss ... Pam Dunstan
Dean Jagger ... Admiral Fitch
Jack Weston ... Signalman Burford Taylor
Jack Mullaney ... Lt. Beauregard 'Beau' Gilliam
Marcel Hillaire ... Inspector of casino games
Ben Astar ... Russian consul
William Lanteau ... Tommy Dane
Ken Lynch ... Capt. James Angle
Simon Scott ... Capt. Harvey Adam