How To Steal A Million (1966)

Every shortcut eventually catches up with you, and sometimes it takes a little creativity to stay one step ahead. William Wyler's "How to Steal a Million" introduces Charles Bonnet (Hugh Griffith), a charming Parisian collector who happens to sell masterful forgeries at handsome prices, many of them painted by himself, following in the footsteps of his own forger father. Trouble arrives when he lends his prized "Cellini Venus" - a family fake - to a Paris museum, which schedules an authentication test that would expose everything. To save her father, his lovely, law-abiding daughter Nicole (Audrey Hepburn) enlists Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole), a smooth burglar she caught breaking into their home, to help steal the statue back. Simon devises an ingenious plan that requires the pair to spend a night hidden in a cramped broom closet inside the heavily guarded museum, using a boomerang to trigger the alarms over and over until the frustrated guards switch them off. Hepburn, dressed in elegant Givenchy fashions, and O'Toole make a delightful pair, and the film's witty banter and sophisticated Parisian setting make it a classic caper comedy. As you'll discover, Simon isn't quite who he seems either, and neither is anyone else.