The Million Dollar Rip-Off Explained

Genre:Crime drama
Based On:A screenplay by William Devane and John Pleshette
Director:Alexander Singer
Starring:Freddie Prinze
Music:Vic Mizzy
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:Charles Fries
Producer:Edward J. Montagne
Location:Skokie, Illinois
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cinematography:Jules Brenner
Editor:Sam E. Waxman
Runtime:73 minutes
Company:Charles Fries Productions
Network:NBC

The Million Dollar Rip-Off is a 1976 American made-for-television crime comedy film starring Freddie Prinze in his television film debut and his only film role of any kind. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by Andrew Peter Marin based on a screenplay by William Devane and John Pleshette, the film premiered on NBC on September 22, 1976.

Plot

An ex-con electronics genius (Prinze) and his four female accomplices devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who has been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.[1]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. https://letterboxd.com/film/the-million-dollar-rip-off/ The Million Dollar Rip-Off