Melvin and Howard (1980)
Melvin and Howard (1980)
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Plot.
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Paul Le Mat](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21001-paul-le-mat.webp)
Paul Le Mat
Melvin Dummar
![Jason Robards](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33456-jason-robards.webp)
Jason Robards
Howard Hughes
![Elizabeth Cheshire](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/330559-elizabeth-cheshire.webp)
Elizabeth Cheshire
Darcy Dummar
![Chip Taylor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/163993-chip-taylor.webp)
Chip Taylor
Clark Taylor
![Mary Steenburgen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/996-mary-steenburgen.webp)
Mary Steenburgen
Lynda Dummar
![Jonathan Demme](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/883-jonathan-demme.webp)
Jonathan Demme
Director
![Melvin E. Dummar](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Melvin E. Dummar
Bus Depot Counterman
![Bo Goldman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/713861-bo-goldman.webp)
Bo Goldman
Writer
![Michael J. Pollard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/12627-michael-j-pollard.webp)
Michael J. Pollard
Little Red
![Art Linson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35492-art-linson.webp)
Art Linson
Producer
![Denise Galik](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38665-denise-galik.webp)
Denise Galik
Lucy
![Don Phillips](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don Phillips
Producer
![Gene Borkan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gene Borkan
Go-Go Club Owner #1
![Lesley Margret Burton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lesley Margret Burton
Go-Go Dancer
![Bruce Langhorne](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1176517-bruce-langhorne.webp)
Bruce Langhorne
Composer
![Wendy Lee Couch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wendy Lee Couch
Go-Go Dancer
![Tak Fujimoto](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/190289-tak-fujimoto.webp)
Tak Fujimoto
Cinematographer
![Marguerite Baierski](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Marguerite Baierski
Go-Go Dancer
![Janice King](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Janice King
Go-Go Dancer
![Deborah Ann Klein](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Deborah Ann Klein
Go-Go Dancer
![Theodora Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Theodora Thomas
Go-Go Dancer
![Gloria Grahame](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4655-gloria-grahame.webp)
Gloria Grahame
Mrs. Sisk
![Elise Hudson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elise Hudson
Easy Street Singer ('Rocky')
![Robert Ridgely](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11840-robert-ridgely.webp)
Robert Ridgely
Wally 'Mr. Love' Williams
![Susan Peretz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/233236-susan-peretz.webp)
Susan Peretz
Chapel Owner
![Robert Wentz](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Wentz
Justice of the Peace
![Hal Marshall](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hal Marshall
Hal
![Naida Reynolds](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Naida Reynolds
Woman Witness
![Herbie Faye](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40291-herbie-faye.webp)
Herbie Faye
Man Witness
![Charles Napier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/861-charles-napier.webp)
Charles Napier
Ventura
![Jack Kehoe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33483-jack-kehoe.webp)
Jack Kehoe
Jim Delgado
![Pamela Reed](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/34680-pamela-reed.webp)
Pamela Reed
Bonnie Dummar
![Sonny Carl Davis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20618-sonny-carl-davis.webp)
Sonny Carl Davis
Milkman George
![Brendan Kelly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56730-brendan-kelly.webp)
Brendan Kelly
Milkman Ralph
![Danny Tucker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Danny Tucker
Milkman Pete
![Shirley Washington](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Shirley Washington
Patient Debbie
![Cheryl Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/12637-cheryl-smith.webp)
Cheryl Smith
Patient Ronnie
![Jason Ball](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jason Ball
The Bait Brothers
![Darrell Devlin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Darrell Devlin
The Bait Brothers
![Danny Dark](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1093492-danny-dark.webp)
Danny Dark
Easy Street Announcer
![Linda Cardoso](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Linda Cardoso
Easy Street Model
![Melissa Prophet](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7319-melissa-prophet.webp)
Melissa Prophet
Easy Street Model
![Garrie Kelly](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Garrie Kelly
Easy Street Model
![John Thundercloud](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Thundercloud
Chief Thundercloud
![Martine Beswick](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6559-martine-beswick.webp)
Martine Beswick
Realty Agent
![Charlene Holt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/44124-charlene-holt.webp)
Charlene Holt
Mrs. Worth
![Melissa Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Melissa Williams
Sherry Dummar
![Antony Alda](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/46741-antony-alda.webp)
Antony Alda
Terry
![James Lyle Strong](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Lyle Strong
Gas Station Customer
![Rick Lenz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49285-rick-lenz.webp)
Rick Lenz
Lawyer
![Gary Goetzman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36106-gary-goetzman.webp)
Gary Goetzman
Melvin's Cousin Fred
![John Levin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Levin
Reporter
![Jack Verbois](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4875-jack-verbois.webp)
Jack Verbois
Holdup Man
![Rob Reece](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rob Reece
Lynda's Husband
![Joseph Ragno](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29727-joseph-ragno.webp)
Joseph Ragno
1st Attorney (Maxwell)
![John Glover](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9581-john-glover.webp)
John Glover
2nd Attorney (Freese)
![Dabney Coleman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8920-dabney-coleman.webp)
Dabney Coleman
Judge Keith Hayes
![Charles Horden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Horden
Bailiff
![Joseph Walker Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Walker Jr.
3rd Attorney
![Joe Spinell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/60-joe-spinell.webp)
Joe Spinell
Go-Go Club Owner #2 (uncredited)
![Robert S. Holman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert S. Holman
Bus Station Traveler (uncredited)
![Freeman Love](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Freeman Love
Clerk (uncredited)
![Tom Willett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/857513-tom-willett.webp)
Tom Willett
Kissing Cowboy (uncredited)
![Craig McKay](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/180220-craig-mckay.webp)
Craig McKay
Editor
Media.
![Melvin and Howard](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/15439-melvin-and-howard.webp)
![Melvin and Howard](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/15439-melvin-and-howard.webp)
Details.
Release DateSeptember 19, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsCalifornia · Utah, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. A novelization of Goldman's script later was written by George Gipe. The film starred Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, and, in an Academy Award-winning performance, Mary Steenburgen.