The Wheeler Dealers Page #2

Synopsis: Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas where his oil wells are drying up and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who he falls in love with. She tries to ignore the attention he lavishes on her, but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Arthur Hiller
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
1963
107 min
Website
167 Views


IN MY TERRITORY,

SHE'S A PROMISE.

I'LL STAY DOWNTOWN,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU BETTER QUIT SPARKLING

FOR LEONARD.

YOU WON'T GET ANYWHERE

WITH HIM.

A HEADSHRINKER'S

TOO MUCH COMPETITION.

IT PUTS A THIRD PARTY

IN THE ACTION.

LEONARD'S A PASTIME,

NOT A PROJECT.

IT'S COMFORTABLE

TO HAVE HIM AROUND.

HE HELPS ME WARD OFF

THE GRABBERS.

I'VE GOT TO RUN,

SO I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

NOW, YOU SEE, IF YOU WORKED

UPTOWN INSTEAD OF DOWN,

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BOL SO EARLY.

WE COULD SHOP AT BONWITS

AT LUNCHTIME.

OH, UPTOWN IS JUS A STATE OF MIND.

ME?

PUT UP ANOTHER $100,000?

ME?

HENRY, YOU MUST BE

OUT OF YOUR MIND.

YOU SURPRISE ME, LEN.

YOU'RE HESITATING.

WE WENT DOWN THE LINE

WITH YOU THIS YEAR,

AND WHAT DID IT GET US?

PART OWNERSHIP IN SIX OF THE

DEEPEST, DRIEST HOLES IN TEXAS.

YOU BOYS SURE GOT SHORT MEMORIES.

HOW ABOUT THE SEVEN WELLS

WE BROUGHT IN TWO YEARS AGO?

I DON'T BELIEVE IN LIVING

IN THE PAST.

YOU'RE SLOWING DOWN, HENRY.

MAYBE YOU'RE LOOSING YOUR TOUCH.

YOU USED TO HAVE

UNDERCURRENTS, HENRY.

I DON'T FEEL THE

UNDERCURRENTS ANYMORE.

LEN, A FEW YEARS AGO,

WHEN YOU HAD ALL THOSE SURPLUS

AIRPLANES YOU COULDN'T UNLOAD,

- YOU SAID, "SEND THEM TO

THE JUNKMAN," RIGHT?

- RIGHT.

WELL, JUST WHO WAS IT THAT SOLD

THEM AS AN AIR FORCE

TO A CERTAIN UNNAMED PARTY

IN CENTRAL AMERICA?

BUT WE GOT PAID:

IN BANANAS.

YEAH, AND YOU FERRIED

THOSE BANANAS ON YOUR AIRLINE

AND CLEARED HALF A MILLION

DOLLARS, RIGHT?

AND YOU, FLINK.

WHO WAS IT THAT PUT YOU

ONTO THOSE 40,000

OBSOLETE JAPANESE CAMERAS?

YOU DID, HENRY,

BUT I --

I MADE YOU THE FIRS AMERICAN IN HISTORY

TO EXPORT JAPANESE CAMERAS

TO JAPAN.

I DIDN'T MAKE BEANS

ON THAT DEAL.

OH, BUT WHEN WE IMPORTED THEM

AGAIN, YOU MADE A KILLING, HUH?

AND YOU, ACHILLES.

OF ALL PEOPLE TO HOLD OUT ON ME.

WHEN WE HAD:

THOSE TANKER CHARTERS

AND THEY BOTTLED OUR SHIPS UP

IN THE SUEZ,

WHO WAS IT THAT SWAPPED

ALL THAT NAIL-POLISH REMOVER

FOR SIX MORE TANKERS

TO MEET OUR COMMITMENTS?

THAT I LIKED.

THAT WAS COMPLICATED.

YEAH.

JUST REMEMBER, BOYS.

NOBODY WHO HAS EVER

SOLD ME SHOR HAS COME OU AHEAD OF THE GAME YET.

NOW, I WANT $100,000 FROM EACH

OF YOU, AND I WANT IT NOW.

Len:
WELL...

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

A PERCENTAGE PLAYER, HENRY.

COUNT ME IN.

I'LL GO ALONG

FOR THE RIDE.

IT'S AGAINS MY BETTER JUDGMENT...

BUT I MADE A LOT OF MONEY

AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

- OKAY, BOY.

- RIGHTO.

Bear:
LET'S GET TO

THAT LIST, WHITBY.

HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.

IT'S EVERY STOCK THAT OSGOOD

BOUGHT BEFORE HE PASSED ON.

UM, MEGLO MANITOBA

IRON ORE.

HE BOUGHT IT IN 1951

FOR $3 A SHARE.

WHERE IS IT NOW?

A 61-CENT BID.

GREAT EASTERN OFFSHORE OIL,

COST $14...

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