Review of How to Steal a Million (1966) by Allan C — 27 Jan 2013

Terrifically fun comedy/heist film from director William Wyler. Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole are about as charming a couple as you can get a they plot to steal a valuable statue from a high security museum.

I'm a sucker for heist films that involve getting around high tech security systems, whether it's, "Sneakers," "Mission Impossible," "Oceans 11," or whether it's 1960s-high-tech like this film, where boomerangs play a part if thwarting the system.

The story is clever and fun, but it's really the cast, which includes Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer, and especially Hepburn and O'Toole. There's also a pretty snazzy John Williams score (billed here as Johnny Williams).

A good time all around!