The Honeymoon Machine

The Honeymoon Machine

87 mins | Comedy | Aug. 16, 1961

Lieutenant Fergie Howard, Ensign Beau Gilliam and navy scientist Jason Elderidge use their ships computer, designed to calculate missile trajectories, to calculate a roulette ball's trajectory and hit the Venice Casino. Things get complex when Admiral Fitch arrives at the same Casino.

The Honeymoon Machine

87 mins | Comedy | Aug. 16, 1961

The Honeymoon Machine
Lieutenant Fergie Howard, Ensign Beau Gilliam and navy scientist Jason Elderidge use their ships computer, designed to calculate missile trajectories, to calculate a roulette ball's trajectory and hit the Venice Casino. Things get complex when Admiral Fitch arrives at the same Casino.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Avon Production, Euterpe
Original title The Honeymoon Machine
Directors Ronald Florance, Richard Thorpe
Writers Lorenzo Semple Jr., George Wells

Cast

Steve McQueen

as Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard

Brigid Bazlen

as Julie Fitch

Jim Hutton

as Jason Eldridge

Paula Prentiss

as Pam Dunstan

Dean Jagger

as Admiral Fitch

Jack Weston

as Signalman Burford Taylor

Jack Mullaney

as Lt. Beauregard 'Beau' Gilliam

Marcel Hillaire

as Inspector of casino games

Ben Astar

as Russian consul

William Lanteau

as Tommy Dane

Ken Lynch

as Capt. James Angle

Simon Scott

as Capt. Harvey Adam

Norman Grabowski

as Shipboard Signalman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Casino Patron (uncredited)