The Wheeler Dealers Page #5

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
172 Views


SINCE 1894.

OH, BOY.

IT'S WORSE THAN I THOUGHT.

Henry:
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.

I'D APPRECIATE I IF YOU COULD DIRECT ME

TO THE OFFICE:

OF MR. BULLARD BEAR.

OH, UH...

THATAWAY?

FIRST DOOR THERE.

MUCH OBLIGED.

I HOPE YOU'LL EXCUSE ME

FOR THE FORWARDNESS OF THE

REMARK I'M ABOUT TO MAKE, MA'AM,

BUT SURPRISE BECOMES YOU.

MAKES YOUR EYES:

REAL PRETTY BLUE,

LIKE A PRAIRIE FLOWER,

SORT OF.

[ SIGHS ]

DID I HEAR WRONG, OR DID THA MAN ACTUALLY SAY "THATAWAY"?

THATAWAY?

THATAWAY.

Henry:
NOW, WITH ALL THE MONEY

THAT THIS OFFICE

MUST HAVE MADE LAST YEAR,

YOU HAVE GOT TO DRILL OFF

SOME OF THAT INCOME, MR. BEAR.

NOW, I'VE GOT SOME

PARTICIPATIONS OPEN

DOWN IN SCURRY COUNTY

THAT'LL GIVE YOU

THE KIND OF TAX SHELTER

THAT AN OUTFIT IN YOUR BRACKE REALLY NEEDS.

THE DEPLETION ALLOWANCE --

MR. TYROON, THIS YEAR

I DON'T EVEN HAVE A BRACKET.

MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER

ON SOMETHING ELSE, THOUGH.

YOU KNOW THE OIL BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW:

GREAT EASTERN OFFSHORE OIL?

OH, YEAH.

NICE -- VERY NICE PEOPLE, YEAH.

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR RIG

LAST NIGHT.

RIG? LAST NIGHT?

THE VERY LAST RIG JUST,

YOU KNOW,

GOT HIT BY A GALE DOWN IN THE

GULF AND TOPPLED OVER AND SANK.

THEY GOT EVERYBODY OFF IN TIME,

THOUGH, THANK GOODNESS.

THANK GOODNESS.

EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE.

DR. PFEIFFER? CHARLIE RALEIGH

AT BEAR, OSGOOD, AND WHITBY.

WE JUST GOT A FLASH

ON GREAT EASTERN OFFSHORE OIL.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE FINALLY

SUNK SOMETHING --

SOMETHING BIG:

DOWN IN THE GULF.

THIS MAY BE:

YOUR LAST CHANCE

TO BUY GREAT EASTERN

AT THIS PRICE.

I'D NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF IF

I DIDN'T LET YOU KNOW IN TIME.

UH, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD WOMEN

WORKING ON WALL STREET NOW.

OH, THAT'S MOLLY THATCHER,

ONE OF OUR TOP ANALYSTS,

SPECIALIZING:

IN THE WIDGET INDUSTRY.

WIDGETS, HUH?

QUITE A BOOM NOW,

SHE TELLS ME.

WELL, I'M CERTAINLY INTERESTED

IN BOOMING INDUSTRIES.

I GATHER YOU MIGHT CONSIDER

OPENING AN ACCOUNT WITH US.

I CERTAINLY MIGHT.

I'VE HAD MY EYES ON WIDGE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GE OUR MISS THATCHER FOR YOU.

WELL, MR. TYROON,

ACTUALLY, I'VE JUST STARTED

ON WIDGET,

BUT ONE THING:

I KNOW ALREADY --

IT'S A VITAL COMPANY,

BUT A SMALL ONE.

AND ONCE IT STARTS GROWING,

WHICH IT HAS TO...

IT SURE HAS TO.

...THEN THE STOCK COULD MOVE

VERY RAPIDLY.

IT'S AN OLD COMPANY

AND SECURE.

IT WAS STARTED IN 1844.

AND ITS STRATEGIC POSITION IN

THE NEW ENGLAND AREA MAKES IT --

MR. TYROON, PLEASE.

OH, I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT,

AND I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D NOTICE.

HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO

ANYTHING I'VE SAID ABOUT WIDGET?

ESTABLISHED 1844,

OLD AND SECURE,

STRATEGIC POSITION

IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA,

AND YOU SURE GO MIGHTY PRETTY HAIR.

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