The Honeymoon Machine

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The Honeymoon Machine ★★½ 1961

A lightweight comedy about two American sailors and a computer scam. McQueen and Mullaney hook up with computer expert Hutton to use their ship's computer to beat the gambling odds at an Italian casino. Their commander misinterprets the signals and thinks the ship is being attacked. Fast paced and the computer angle was new territory in ‘61. 87m/C VHS . Steve McQueen, Jack Mullaney, Jim Hutton, Dean Jagger, Paula Prentiss, Brigid Bazlen, Jack Weston; D: Richard Thorpe; W: George Wells; C: Joseph LaShelle; M: Leigh Harline.

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