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Who's Minding the Mint [VHS]

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Damn! WMTM is one of the funniest flicks EVER MADE! WHY ARE SO MANY LAME TITLES REISSUED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THIS TITLE HAS YET TO BE RELEASE ONCE ON DVD?? All Star Cast really shines. Fun for whole family. This flick is hilarious! Whoever owns the rights to this puppy please RELEASE IT ASAP ON DVD w/ extra bonuses and crumpets galore! STILL WAITING!

Who's Minding The Mint is one of those all-star cast heist comedies, funnier than Ocean's Eleven, but with lower-caliber stars.
Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen) works at the U.S. Mint inspecting $100 bills. A paper cutter, Dorothy Provine (The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock), is interested in him romantically, so keeps giving him her awful fudge. Nervous under the eye of his boss, a pompous overbearing self-indulgent imitation dictator, Hutton accidently brushes a stack of bills ($50,000 worth) into a bag of her fudge, which he later empties into his garbage disposal. Hutton doesn't think his boss, a pompous overbearing self-indulgent imitation dictator, will believe him, and decides it should be simple enough to print replacement bills - after all, he works in the mint, right? But as he puts together his plan, a growing number of apparently barely competent partners is gradually assembled, including Jack Gilford (Cocoon), Milton Berle (The Muppet Movie), Bob Denver (Gilligan's Island), Jamie Farr (MASH), Walter Brennan (3-time Oscar winner; The Westerner, To Have and Have Not, Sergeant York, Meet John Doe, Goodbye My Lady, etc.), Joey Bishop (Ocean's Eleven), Victor Buono (Man From Atlantis). They are all required for their various skills to assemble a boat and navigate it through the sewers to sneak into the mint after hours, retrieve plates from a safe, print and cut the money, and get away undetected. Of course, they all require a share of the loot. And of course, not everything goes exactly as planned. The first time I saw Who's Minding The Mint, when I was a kid, I thought it was one of the funniest movies ever. I will admit that after repeated viewing some of the comedy seems trite. But it should be funny if you've never seen it before, and is still of interest to trivia buffs, for the massive cast listed above.

If you liked It,s A Mad Mad Mad Wourld, you will love Who's Minding The Mint?. It,s as funny now, as the first time I watched it as a Kid. I think this movie would be great on DVD, It,s wonderful entertainment for entire family, The actors are marvelous. The trouble they an get into trying to do the right thing and help a friend, will make the laughter contagious for everyone who sees this movie. I look forward to this one on DVD soon.

I first saw this movie when I was a kid in the seventies and it was on as a Sunday afternoon movie. My dad was watching it and I ended up watching it too. It is great movie and I'm glad I found it on video. It sort of reminds me of an old Disney film from the sixties.

This is one movie that shows Jim Hutton at his best - doing comedy. The cast of this movie is wonderful and there is quite a bit of slapstick like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Definately worth watching.

nobody paid attention to this film when it was first released in the 1960s, and nobody pays attention now. unless, of course, youve seen it!

this is arguably the funniest heist comedy ever made; the only worthy adversaries i can think of are "the ladykillers" and "topkapi." mint employee jim hutton (playing a cad!) accidentally takes home and flushes $50,000.00 down the garbage disposal, setting in action a plot to break into the mint and print a pile of replacement bills. along the way, he has to enlist a list of wonderful comic performers, each of whom wants a cut: dorothy provine, walter brennan, jack gilford, milton berle, joey bishop, victor buono, bob denver, and jamie farr.

the hilarious scenes are many, but the one that stuck out for me as a 14-year-old when i first saw this film, and still does today, is the sight of buono holding aloft a tiny american flag as his "ship" goes down in the depths of the d.c. sewer system -- don't ask, if you see the movie, you will understand.

get this movie, i have never known anyone who saw it who hasnt loved it!

This movie is one of the most overlooked movies of all time. Who's Minding the Mint is filled with stars for example, Milton Berle, Jamie Farr, ect.. This is a very funny movie about a playboy who works at the United States printing and engraving in Washington D.C., and loses $50,000.00, and seeks help from his friends and their friends, and their friends, to break into the mint to print the lost $50k, which leads into several funny situations. This one is for the whole family, take my word for it and sit down with the spouse and the kids and even Grandma and Grandpa, and have a fun filled evening.

Funny and entertaining comedy about a mint employee who inadvertently loses fifty thousand dollars through a garbage disposal at home. In order to avoid going to prison, he decides to break into the mint in the middle of the night with a little help from his friends and re-print the lost currency. The late Jim Hutton is well-supported by an all-star cast of comics who made their marks in television; this list includes, Jack Gilford, Walter Brennan, Joey Bishop, Milton Berle, Bob Denver, et al.

This is one of the most overlooked screwball comedies of all time. With actors like Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Bob Denver, Victor Buono, Joey Bishop, probably the first appearance of Jamie Farr, Walter Brennan and many others, this movie has no shortage of talent and the story is wonderful. Without giving the entire synopsis of the movie, just let me say that Milton Berle dressed as George Washington and posing as a statue in the Mint is something not to be missed. This is a 60's movie and therefore a little dated, but well worth the watch. I can't wait for this title to be released as a DVD.

I totally agree with Sonny. Why a movie this funny has not been released on DVD when lower caliber films are clogging up video store shelves is a mystery to me. As far as comedies go, WMTM has got to be in the top 10.

It has been many years since I've seen this movie, but I will never forget the good time I had in watching it. It is a crying shame that WMTM is being allowed to fade in the memories of those who saw it and loved it. Hollywood, are you listening?