12 Plus 1

• Director: Nicolas Gessner
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Crime Comedy, Odd Couple Film
• Themes: Cons and Scams, Treasure Hunts
• Main Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Sharon Tate, Orson Welles, Vittorio De Sica, Mylène Demongeot
• Release Year: 1970
• Country: IT/FR
• Run Time: 94 minutes

Plot

The tragic Sharon Tate plays a crucial role (her last-ever appearance before the cameras) in 12 Plus 1 (aka The Thirteen Chairs). If the plot sounds familiar, it is because it's based on a popular Russian novel, also filmed in 1945 as It's In the Bag and in 1971 as The Twelve Chairs. Vittorio Gassman inherits a fortune, only to find that the money is hidden in one of thirteen antique chairs. Trouble is, he's auctioned off the chairs to pay for his transportation costs to and from his late aunt's mansion. The bulk of the film concerns Gassman's fevered scrambled throughout Europe to track down the Twelve-Plus-One chairs. Orson Welles and Vittorio De Sica turn up in cameos. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Vittorio Gassman - Mike
• Sharon Tate - Pat
• Orson Welles - Markau
• Vittorio De Sica - Di Seta
• Mylène Demongeot - Judy

Terry-Thomas - Albert; Tim Brooke-Taylor - Jackie; Ottavia Piccolo - Stefanella; John Steiner - Stanley

Credit

Nicolas Gessner - Director, Piero Poletto - Composer (Music Score), Carlo Rustichelli - Composer (Music Score), Giuseppe Ruzzolini - Cinematographer, Claude Giroux - Producer, Nicolas Gessner - Screenwriter, Yevgeny Petrov - Book Author, Ilya Ilf - Book Author

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