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Peter O'Toole: [looking at a nude scupture] "Where precisely were you in the early part of the sixteenth century?"

Audrey Hepburn: "I don't know, but that's not how I was dressed."

A romantic comedy -slash- heist film, How to Steal a Million merges the genres as only the 1960's can. It's gorgeous: colorful and stylish almost to the point of gaudiness. Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole charm as they scheme to steal a statue from one of the top museums in Paris.

Delicious and sweet. It's a lovely dessert film that could probably be 20 minutes shorter with no real harm.

For people who've already watched and rewatched TOPKAPI, THE PINK PANTHER, and GAMBIT a few times too many, this should satisfy any craving you have for a fix of glossy, 1960s caper fluff. William Wyler probably wasn't the director most temperamentally suited to all-out frivolity, dragging his running time out beyond the two-hour mark, but does preside over mostly impeccable performances from his cast. Eli Wallach, who replaced George C. Scott mid-shoot, is fun to watch playing a Ralph Bellamy-type role a million miles removed from Tuco, and O'Toole seems right for Hepburn, refreshingly unlike the older men Hollywood usually paired her off with; he's probably her only co-star as willowy and fey as she is.

A charming Audrey Hepburn film with the kind of fun, innocent art heist that can’t be found any more in modern movies. It has a heroine that’s beautiful and independent without being annoying quirky or spunky and a hero who is charming and quick on his feet. Hepburn and Peter O’Toole make a delightful couple in one of William Wyler’s less well-known films that has much the same spirit as Sabrina or Love in the Afternoon. It’s great to watch on a rainy day.

A light and frothy confection, typical of the time, centering around a museum heist. Audrey Hepburn's father is about to be unmasked as an art forger when he allows a piece to be displayed in a museum. She enlists cat burglar Peter O'Toole to help her retrieve the evidence before it can be tested. And there's a twist as to O'Toole's identity to make it more interesting.

Hepburn has her trademark charm and is adorable, as always, decked out in designer clothing and jewelry. Peter O'Toole is likewise charming with an intelligent edge underlying all his dialogue. I only think of him as Lawrence of Arabia and it was nice to see him as the romantic lead in this.

It isn't deep but it is typical of the time. As Rose said, "If Georgette Heyer wrote movie scripts instead of her Regency romances, this is the sort of movie she would have written." Which translates to intelligent, fun, and light.

A slightly less charming Charade.

Then again, young Peter O'Toole > middle aged Cary Grant, as determined by my lady boner.

The real star of this film is Peter O'Toole; tall, charming, slender, crafty, blue-eyed... step back Audrey, Peter's running the show.

This is a very smart and hilarious movie, with enough plot surprises and hot romance between Hepburn and O'Toole to keep you on your toes!

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Just an overall fun movie, an old caper film that rides on the coattails of the chemistry between its stars, Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. I will say, while watching this, a thought came to me that they truly don't make films the same way they used to. Sure, times have changed, technology has advanced, but movies are just different -- it seems most every movie nowadays takes itself almost too seriously, whereas films like this, or even Charade, walk the line between seriousness and lightness with a solid amount of precision. It makes many older films quite easy for me to watch. And then you throw Audrey Hepburn into the mix and, well, I'm just swept away by her charm and beauty -- which probably pushes this film from a "3.5" to a "4."

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A heist movie I don't adore? Hmm. Maybe it's because of Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole? I'm like the only person on Earth who doesn't care all that much about them.

william wyler.. amazing director
peter otoole
audrey hepburn