Melvin Dummar
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The film stars Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, and Mary Steenburgen, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was released on September 19, 1980, receiving positive reviews from critics.
Sep 19, 1980 · Melvin and Howard: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen. The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
- (5.3K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1980-09-19
Jun 13, 2021 · Melvin and Howard (1980) I Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards. "POOR MELVIN. ALL HE WANTED WAS TO BE MILKMAN OF THE MONTH. INSTEAD, HE LOST HIS JOB, HIS TRUCK, AND HIS WIFE. THEN...
- 95 min
- 23.2K
- Junk Drawer Theater
The genius of “Melvin and Howard” is that it is about Melvin, not Howard. The film begins and ends with scenes involving the Hughes character, who is played by Jason Robards as a desert rat with fading memories of happiness. Dummar stops in the desert to answer a call of nature, finds Hughes lying in the sagebrush, gives him a ride in his ...
When luckless dreamer Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) rescues a grizzled, half-dead man (Jason Robards) from the desert, he's skeptical of the man's claim that he's actually reclusive billionaire ...
- (24)
- Jonathan Demme
- R
- Paul Le Mat
Jan 7, 2020 · Melvin and Howard 1980 The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Bo...
- 3 min
- 16.2K
- Trailer Chan
A beautifully observed, beautifully performed offbeat comedy. The story is slim: milkman Melvin Dummar (Le Mat) picks up a grouchy old hobo in the Nevada desert one night, lends him a quarter ...
