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Million Dollar Mystery

  • Director: Richard Fleischer
  • AMG Rating: star
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Main Cast: Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson
  • Release Year: 1987
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

A government worker (Tom Bosley) informs several diner patrons of a $4 million treasure he stole from a group of Libyans and then hid, but dies before uttering more than a few clues. What follows is a mad dash for the cash. As part of the film's promotion, the sponsors offered $1 million to the first person to correctly guess the location of the loot. (The winner, Alesia Jones, was selected from over 300,00 entries.) ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Cast

Royce D. Applegate - Tugger; Pamela Matteson - Dotty; Daniel McDonald - Crush; Penny Baker - Charity; Tawny Fere - Faith; LaGena Hart - Hope; Tom Bosley - Sidney Preston; Mack Dryden - Fred, FBI Man; Jamie Alcroft - Bob, FBI Man; Rich Hall - Slaughter; Gail Neely - Officer Gretchen; Kevin Pollak - Officer Quinn; H.B. Haggerty - Awful Abdul; Bob Schott - Bad Boris; Christopher Cary - Chuck; Clarke Coleman - Gas Station Attendant; John Hammil - Pilot; Katie La Bourdette - Private Eye's Secretary; Sal Lopez - Hijacker; Pat McGroarty - Gas Station Attendant; Peter Pitofsky - Toxic Werewolf; Tommy Sledge - Private Eye; Greg Travis - Toxic Man; Rudy de Luca - Money Counter; Paul Stader - Old Man in Car; Susann Benn - Stewardess; Jack Carpenter - Biker Window; Andrew Epper - Biker; John Gilgreen - Motel Manager; Rosemary Johnston - Old Woman in Car; Gary Kelson - Copilot; Augustine Lam - Tour Guide; Mark Regan - Newscaster; David Trim - Scout Leader; Marilyn Black

Credit

Dawn Snyder - Art Director, Jose Kuki Lopez Rodero - Associate Producer, Kuki Lopez Rodero - Associate Producer, Marilyn Black - Casting, Clifford Capone - Costume Designer, Richard Fleischer - Director, Vic Armstrong - Second Unit Director, John W. Wheeler - Editor, Al Gorgoni - Composer (Music Score), Rich Barden - Songwriter, E.J. Curcio - Songwriter, Ashley Hall - Songwriter, Mark Hawkins - Songwriter, Floyd Hyman - Songwriter, Barry Mann - Songwriter, John Lewis Parker - Songwriter, Tim Riely - Songwriter, Paul Sabu - Songwriter, Steve Stone - Songwriter, Stephanie Tyrell - Songwriter, Steve Tyrell - Songwriter, Patty Androff - Makeup, Michelle Ross - Makeup, Jack Gammon Taylor, Jr. - Production Designer, Jack Cardiff - Cinematographer, Stephen F. Kesten - Producer, Bruce Ayres - Set Designer, Richard Boris - Set Designer, Ron Green - Set Designer, Bob Trow - Set Designer, Steven Potter - Set Designer, John Stirber - Special Effects, Dar Robinson - Stunts, George Fisher - Stunts, George Fisher - Stunts Coordinator, Rudy de Luca - Screenwriter, Tim Metcalfe - Screenwriter, Miguel Tejada-Flores - Screenwriter

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Million Dollar Mystery

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Produced by Stephen F. Kesten
Written by Rudy De Luca
Tim Metcalfe
Miguel Tejada-Flores
Starring Tom Bosley
Jamie Alcroft
Royce D. Applegate
Penny Baker
Eddie Deezen
Mack Dryden
Music by Al Gorgoni
Cinematography Jack Cardiff
Editing by John W. Wheeler
Distributed by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
Release date(s) June 12, 1987
Running time 95 min
Country  United States
Language English

Million Dollar Mystery (also known as Money Mania) is a 1987 American film released with a promotional tie-in for Glad-Lock brand bags. While performing a routine stunt for this film, legendary stuntman Dar Robinson lost his life on November 21, 1986.

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Plot summary

Tom Bosley has the starring role as Sidney Preston, a disgruntled White House aide who took off with $4 million that belonged to the government. While on the run, he stops at a roadside diner and has their world famous chili. He suffers a fatal heart attack and before dying, reveals to onlookers the location of the first million dollars.

The occupants of the diner head out on a mad dash to find the loot. When they find the loot, they lose it in a mishap. They follow clues to the next million and lose it as well. After finding and losing the third million the movie ends. During the closing credits, one of the characters informs the audience that there is a million dollars somewhere in the USA and if they follow the clues in specially marked Glad-Lock bags, they have the chance to win $1,000,000.

The plot was not unlike a similar movie made in 1963 entitled: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

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The Glad-Lock contest failure

Glad Bags and DeLaurentiis Entertainment co-sponsored a real-life million-dollar "treasure hunt" to coincide with this film's release. At the end of the movie, the cash is still missing, and moviegoers were invited to find the location of the hidden stash, using clues provided in the film (the sponsors also emphasized that the money wasn't PHYSICALLY hidden anywhere, lest anyone injure themselves or damage property while searching for the loot; the audience just had to GUESS where the money was hidden). Ticket buyers were even given game cards shaped like American currency—with a big photo of Dino De Laurentiis where the President should be. In the end, it was a big disaster for the studio. The film was one of the major flops of the 1980s, barely grossing a million dollars at the box office, which the studio wound up forking over to the contest winner, a woman in Bakersfield, California. (Incidentally, the money was hidden in the bridge of the Statue of Liberty's nose).

Award nominations

Golden Raspberry Awards

  • Nominated: Worst Original Song, Barry Mann & John Lewis Parker (1988)
  • Nominated: Worst Supporting Actor, Tom Bosley (1988)
  • Nominated: Worst Supporting Actor, Jamie Alcroft (1988)
  • Nominated: Worst Supporting Actor, Mack Dryden (1988)

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