Main Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore
Release Year: 1968
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
Jack Albany (Dick Van Dyke) is an actor in a television series who is mistaken for a real-life murderer Ace Williams (Jack Elam). Comedy ensues when gangster Leo Smooth (Edward G. Robinson) goes after Jack. Robinson reprises the role of the gangster tough guy he made famous in the 1930s. He leads a comical crew of criminals which include Ned Glass, Mickey Shaughnessy, Slim Pickens, Henry Silva and Tony Bill. Sally (Dorothy Provine) is the love interest who comes to the aid of the unhappy Jack. Jerry Paris, who starred as Van Dyke's neighbor in his highly successful television show of the 1960s, directs this Walt Disney-produced comedy. Disney had given the nod to the script and the production blueprints shortly before his death in 1966. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Carroll Clark - Art Director, John Mansbridge - Art Director, Bill Thomas - Costume Designer, John Mansbridge - First Assistant Director, Jerry Paris - Director, Marsh Hendry - Editor, Robert F. Brunner - Composer (Music Score), Gordon Hubbard - Makeup, Emile Kuri - Production Designer, Frank R. McKelvey - Production Designer, William Snyder - Cinematographer, Ron Miller - Producer, Emile Kuri - Set Designer, Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer, Eustace Lycett - Special Effects, Robert Mattey - Special Effects, Robert O. Cook - Sound/Sound Designer, Dean Thomas - Sound/Sound Designer, A.J. Carothers - Screenwriter, John Godey - Book Author
Second-rate actor Jack Albany (Dick Van Dyke) finds himself mistaken for fiendish killer Ace Williams and whisked off to master gangster Leo Smooth's (Edward G. Robinson) fortified mansion. He is forced to continue with the charade what with all the rough-looking hoods around, even when he finds he is to play a deadly role in the theft of the Van Gogh masterpiece "Field of Sunflowers". But at least there is lovely art teacher Sally (Dorothy Provine) who could become an ally — if she ever believes his story.
Further complications ensue when the real Ace Williams (Jack Elam) shows up, making it even more difficult for Albany to keep up his false identity. Eventually, Albany outwits the gangsters and foils the robbery.
