Until then, everyone is required to stay at the mansion. The gang will infiltrate it by pretending to be part of the catering service.
How will his gang do this? The next day, there is a reception being held at the museum. Even the heavies don’t fully get the point of this heist! Then once he’s dead, he will have the painting donated back to the museum along with money as long as the name of the museum is changed to the Leo Joseph Smooth Memorial Museum. Smooth wants his gang to steal it for him so that he can keep it until he dies. The painting is 40 feet long and worth $600,000. He wants them to steal a famous painting by Dubreaux called Field of Sunflowers from the Manhattan Museum of Art. Smooth explains the big job he has planned to Jack and the other heavies. He even tries to surreptitiously explain to Sally that he’s not who he says he is (since she’s the only one there not really a part of the gang), but she doesn’t believe him and thinks he’s just trying to flirt with her. There’s an armed guard at the front, a guard dog at the back, a telephone whose switchboard is operated by one of the heavies, etc. However, it seems impossible to leave the mansion. Smooth’s personal art instructor, Sally, played by Dorothy Provine.Īs Jack meets all these characters, he tries to find a way to escape whilst maintaining his Ace Williams persona. Smoother’s wife, Melanie, played by Joanna Moore, and Mr. The heavies are played by Slim Pickens, Richard Bakalyan, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ned Glass, Philip Coolidge, and Henry Silva. “Does the job involve some sort of double indemnity clause, Boss?” Smooth alongside his other heavies who are at the mansion as well. Apparently, Ace was called here to perform a big job for Mr. Robinson, is pleased to see “Ace Williams” and through their interactions, Jack learns more about what’s going on and continues to pretend to be Ace Williams. Jack tries to explain how he’s just an actor and not Ace Williams, but when he sees that Florian may get violent, he quickly gets into his acting mode and pretends to be the rough and tough Ace Williams.įlorian then drives Jack to Mr. Now that Jack has walked into the warehouse, Florian assumes that this is Ace Williams. But, he’s told Florian to go to the warehouse where he’ll meet Ace Williams. Smooth was expecting the arrival of a dangerous gangster named Ace Williams whom he’s never met before. So, here’s the situation: Florian works for a gangster named Mr. Florian tells Jack that he was being followed by a cop, but now that Ace Williams is here at the warehouse, they can head straight to Mr. Jack tries to apologize for barging in and explains his predicament. In the warehouse, he bumps into a young guy named Florian, played by Tony Bill.
As he walks home that night, he notices someone following him, so he quickly ducks into a nearby warehouse to escape the figure. He enjoys his work which later turns out to be a useful quality. This makes so much more sense now!ĭick Van Dyke plays Jack Albany, a character actor who has bit parts in films as well as some theater performances. It’s so weird to see Dick Van Dyke with a gun in his hand!Īs it turns out, it isn’t real. The film opens with what appears to be Dick Van Dyke holding a gun while hiding out in a building from some cops. Today, we take a look at one of those two lesser-known Disney films of his: Never a Dull Moment! Does the film live up to its title? Read on to find out!
He’s soon to have a FOURTH Disney film under his belt! While we all know Dick Van Dyke acted in the Disney film, Mary Poppins, few realize that he has acted in two other films for Disney (not counting his cameo in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day). (If this is your first time on this blog, I ask you to read my About page first! You can find a link to it at the top left-hand corner of this blog.
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