The Honeymoon Machine ( The Honey moon Machine )

The Honeymoon Machine (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Honey moon Machine
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Thorpe

Written By:
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
George Wells

Actors:
Steve McQueen ..... Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard
Brigid Bazlen ..... Julie Fitch
Jim Hutton ..... Jason Eldridge
Paula Prentiss ..... Pam Dunstan
Dean Jagger ..... Admiral Fitch
Jack Weston ..... Signalman Burford Taylor
Jack Mullaney ..... Lt. Beauregard 'Beau' Gilliam
Marcel Hillaire ..... Inspector of casino games
Ben Astar ..... Russian consul
William Lanteau ..... Tommy Dane
Ken Lynch ..... Capt. James Angle
Simon Scott ..... Capt. Harvey Adam

Synopsis:

As Lieutenant Fergie Howard and Ensign Beau Gilliam are playing poker on board their ship, 'El Mira', they are interrupted with the announcement that 'Operation Honeymoon' has been launched successfully. This is due to Max the computer- a computer that can pin point exactly where and when a missile will land once it has been launched. This information gives Fergie and idea of how to become rich quick and easy. He asks the navy scientist, Jason Elderidge, if Max can tell where a ball will land when playing roulette- the answer is, yes! When they dock in Venice, Fergie, Beau and Jason check into an expensive hotel and hit the Venice Casino. The three soon find out that becoming rich won't be as easy as they think, for, Admiral Fitch is staying in the same hotel- just one floor below them. If Admiral Fitch discovers what the are doing, they are in big, big trouble.

The crew aboard the USS Elmira are working on a project, code named Operation Honeymoon. At the operation's core is the testing of the Magnetic Analyzer Computing Synchrotron, or MACS for short, which is a smart computer designed to do among other things determine where missiles are going to land. Civilian Jason Eldridge is the scientific mastermind aboard in charge of MACS' operation. His friend aboard, Lieutenant Ferguson Howard, sees other possible uses for MACS. He wants to know if MACS, if given the proper data, can accurately predict games of chance, such as those found in casinos. After discussing the situation, Fergie and Jason decide the game which MACS can predict the most accurately is roulette. They decide to test MACS' abilities, and possibly get rich, at their next port of call where there is a casino, namely Venice. They plan on using a system of Morse Code light signals from the ship to shore to transmit the information. Although they go ahead with their plan, they are sidetracked by female distractions. Jason runs into his old girlfriend, hot dog heiress Pam Dunstan, who he left three years earlier because he felt he couldn't support her in the lifestyle to which she was accustomed. He is dismayed to learn that she is in Venice to get married to the pompous Tommy Dane, who works for the State Department. And Fergie meets a beautiful young girl named Julie Fitch, for who he instantly falls. He doesn't tell her of his naval occupation since her father is a naval admiral also in town. But problems for Jason and Fergie really begin when Admiral Fitch sees the transmission of messages to and from the ship, which he believes is enemy communication.

A navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 December, 2012.

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