The heist of the century

William Wyler's 1966 masterpiece "How to Steal a Million" starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole is a must-watch. Nicole (Hepburn) decides to steal her own father's treasured art work after discovering the piece could send her to jail. Nicole's father's art work is the famous Cellini Venus although it was not made by Cellini but by Nicole's grandfather. Nicole's grandfather was a forger and her father remains one. Earning his lifestyle by selling pieces to millionaires and museums. When the Paris Museum in which the Venus has been sold tells Nicole of their methods to check that it is real she decides to hire a burgular (O'Tooler) to pull off the heist of the century.





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