A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
That mother-in-law... WOW! The character almost makes this unbearable. Thankfully her time on screen isn't as prominent during the second half of the movie as the first. I can see this being fresh for audiences in the '60s but watching it in its totality for the first time in 2022, much of the comedy doesn't hit to any laugh out loud level and it drags on. For example, how long were Emeline and Melville trying to break out of the mechanic or the two men in the plane for? I mean, the opening credits, while creative, take 7 minutes! There are some chuckles to be had but everything just seems that touch drawn out. And what is with the son and girlfriend's dancing... 00 2.5-3/5
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