Fitzwilly (1967) on Netflix
Claude Fitzwilliam, butler to Miss Victoria Woodworth, runs a household of thieves to keep her in the luxury she believes she has. Her assistant, Juliet Nowell, disrupts the operations.
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Plot summary
Miss Victoria Woodworth, known as Miss Vicki, lives as though her fortune were enormous and gives money away on that assumption. Her butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, keeps the illusion alive. Her financier father left her $180, so Fitzwilliam and the rest of the household staff commit thefts, raids and swindles, among them a charity and thrift shop called St. Dismas, to pay for the life she is used to. Miss Vicki hires Juliet Nowell to help compile a dictionary of every possible phonetic misspelling of words. Juliet learns that Fitzwilliam graduated with honors from Williams College and tells him he ought to do something worthier than butlering. She inadvertently ruins several of the staff's smaller operations, and Fitzwilliam looks for a way to be rid of her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fitzwilly (1967)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The score is an early symphonic work by John Williams, billed on screen and on the album as "Johnny Williams". It includes "Make Me Rainbows", the love theme and end-credits song, and Williams' first collaboration with lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
- John Williams chose not to release the performances heard in the film; the album was billed as the "original motion picture score" rather than a soundtrack recording, offering arrangements designed for separate listening. It was issued by United Artists and re-issued by MCA Records in 1980.
