Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
Brewster's Millions is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Walter Hill. The film stars Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, and Hume Cronyn with supporting roles by Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, and Tovah Feldshuh. The screenplay by Herschel Weingrod and Timothy Harris was based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story as this version tells the story of a Minor League Baseball pitcher who inherits his great-uncle's fortune of $300,000,000.00. The catch is that he must spend $30,000,000.00 in 30 days to inherit it and the pitcher takes the challenge as the heads of a law firm make plans to see that he fails so that they can get the inheritance.
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Walter Hill is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his action films and revival of the Western genre. He has directed such films as The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and Red Heat, and wrote the screenplay for the crime drama The Getaway. He has also directed several episodes of television series such as Tales from the Crypt and Deadwood and produced the Alien films.
Hill in 2014