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NEW. 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 ...
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Melvin and Howard. Comedy. 95 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1981. Roger Ebert. February 13, 1981. 3 min read. An old picture of Howard (Jason Robards) and Melvin (Paul Le Mat). Melvin Dummar says that what used to happen to Horatio Alger’s heroes really did happen to him: He gave a lift to a doddering old hitchhiker, loaned him a quarter, and was left ...
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "A spirited character study and clear-eyed treatise of the American Dream, Melvin and Howard hits the jackpot with its lovable cast and director Jonathan Demme's humanism ...
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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1980-09-19
Feb 2, 2001 · Melvin & Howard (1980) Reviewed by George Perry. Updated 2 February 2001. Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) may be a plain man, none too bright, not likely to stay in any job for long, but he can at ...
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Sep 10, 2012 · 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 while disbelieving his claim to be Howard Hughes, and then returns ...