Who's Minding the Mint?

Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)

With a cast of thousands - in hundreds, tens and singles!

A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.

Date of release
1967-09-26
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Howard Morris

Casting

Interesting facts

Who's Minding the Mint? is a 1967 American crime comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan and Milton Berle. The screenplay, concerning a group of individuals who break into a United States Treasury building to print currency, was written by R. S. Allen and Harvey Bullock. The movie was produced by Norman Maurer for Columbia Pictures and is Morris' directorial debut. The supporting cast features Joey Bishop and Bob Denver. It was the last leading role for Jim Hutton.

Production notes

The film was produced by Norman Mauer who had a deal with Columbia. Star Jim Hutton had just appeared in Walk Don't Run and filming started July 1966.

The opening titles sequence, designed by the prolific Wayne Fitzgerald, displays the credits over images of Federal Reserve Notes, which were still in use for official transactions at the time, starting with a $1 bill and ending with a $100,000 bill. (Everything larger than $100 has since been withdrawn.)

Over $3,000,000 of real United States currency was used in the movie, but was carefully watched by armed guards.

Most of the currency shown being printed was larger by half than actual United States currency and had obvious printing errors, so there was no chance the money could be passed as genuine.

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