Continuity mistake: When Monty punches that guy at the end, check out how the parting of his hair goes from left to right and back again in one shot as he falls and gets up.
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Walter Hill
Starring: John Candy, Richard Pryor, Stephen Collins, Lonette McKee
Genres: Comedy
Brewster almost doesn't get the money because one guy took $20,000 and didn't tell Brewster. But the girl who was in charge of Brewster's receipts finds out minutes before midnight and rushes in and tells him. Brewster realises what tricks the other guy pulled and plans to sue him, but first he only has about two or three minutes to spend twenty grand, so he hires the girl on the spot to be his personal attorney so he can sue the other guy, and he gives her the three grand and she writes him a receipt. So he ends up spending all the money and inheriting the 300 million. The executor of his uncle's estate plans to sue the law firm for conspiring against Brewster.
More mistakes in Brewster's Millions
Monty Brewster: Marilyn? I could die in this room.
Question: Things are vastly different these days, obviously, but back when this movie was made, would a bank really have $30 mn in their vault like that and let him take $3 mn with him, or is this just for the movie?
Answer: A bank would never have that much money on hand. Not only would it be poor asset management to keep millions in cash on hand instead of in some sort of investment, it would be a safety hazard as well. Even in modern day, most banks would have less than $50,000 in cash on hand.
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