The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Overview
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.2985 |
Directed By
Richard Thorpe
Crew
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
George Wells
Richard Thorpe
Mary Keats
Lee LeBlanc
John Truwe
Franklin Milton
William Tuttle
Ronald Florance
Robert R. Hoag
George W. Davis
Lawrence Weingarten
Henry Grace
Helen Rose
Ben Lewis
Leigh Harline
Jerry Wunderlich
E. Preston Ames
Joseph LaShelle
TOP 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
Norman Grabowski
Shipboard Signalman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Casino Patron (uncredited)
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