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Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar , who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the ...
Sep 19, 1980 · A milkman claims to inherit part of Howard Hughes' fortune after helping him in the desert. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
- (5.3K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1980-09-19
The genius of “Melvin and Howard” is that it is about Melvin, not Howard. The film begins and ends with scenes involving the Hughes character, who is played by Jason Robards as a desert rat with fading memories of happiness.
When luckless dreamer Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) rescues a grizzled, half-dead man (Jason Robards) from the desert, he's skeptical of the man's claim that he's actually reclusive billionaire ...
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- Jonathan Demme
- R
- Paul Le Mat
Jun 13, 2021 · INSTEAD, HE LOST HIS JOB, HIS TRUCK, AND HIS WIFE. THEN HOWARD HUGHES LEFT HIM $156,000,000." The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the...
- 95 min
- 23.2K
- Junk Drawer Theater
A movie about Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. The plot follows his life story, from his encounter with Hughes in the desert to his legal battles over the inheritance.
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The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
