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UNITED STATES · 1980

Melvin and Howard

Jonathan Demme
New Hollywood fortune and inheritance American dream fraud and deception unlikely beneficiary eccentric billionaire
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The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.

Year1980
CountryUnited States
DirectorJonathan Demme
MovementNew Hollywood
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