Fitzwilly (1967)
Fitzwilly strikes again!
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.
- Date of release
- 1967-12-20
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (38)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Delbert Mann
Casting
- Dick Van Dyke — Claude R. Fitzwilliam
- Barbara Feldon — Juliet Nowell
- John McGiver — Albert
- Edith Evans — Miss Victoria Woodworth
- Harry Townes — Mr. Nowell
- John Fiedler — Mr. Morton Dunne
- Anne Seymour — Grimsby
- Norman Fell — Oberblatz
- Cecil Kellaway — Buckmaster
- Stephen Strimpell — Byron Casey
- Helen Kleeb — Mrs. Mortimer
- Paul Reed — Prettikin
Interesting facts
Fitzwilly is a 1967 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, based on Poyntz Tyler's 1960 novel A Garden of Cucumbers and adapted for the screen by Isobel Lennart. Its title refers to the nickname of its protagonist, Claude Fitzwilliam, an unusually intelligent and highly educated mastermind of a butler played by Dick Van Dyke, who commits robberies to maintain the luxurious lifestyle of his employer. The film co-stars Barbara Feldon in her first feature-film role.
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