This is really a love story about two individuals who are socially inept and extremely lonely. They eventually unite over a shared passion.
But it is also a heist film of a sort, though the planning and the action are not overt parts of the story. Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov) is a very intelligent man who harbors a grudge and uses that as motivation for his caper. We do see him trying to work out the bugs in his revenge plan.
Karl Malden and Bob Newhart play coworkers who stand in the way of Pendleton's plan. Much of the comedy comes from the interaction between these two and Pendleton. It's a gentle kind of humor, which gains momentum as the film progresses.
The end of the film is a nice surprise. Without it, the entire film would be much less worthy of watching.
But it is also a heist film of a sort, though the planning and the action are not overt parts of the story. Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov) is a very intelligent man who harbors a grudge and uses that as motivation for his caper. We do see him trying to work out the bugs in his revenge plan.
Karl Malden and Bob Newhart play coworkers who stand in the way of Pendleton's plan. Much of the comedy comes from the interaction between these two and Pendleton. It's a gentle kind of humor, which gains momentum as the film progresses.
The end of the film is a nice surprise. Without it, the entire film would be much less worthy of watching.