Brewster's Millions is a play written by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. Producers Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy staged it on Broadway in 1906. The play is about a young man who must spend a million dollars that he has inherited in order to inherit many millions more.
Adaptations (6)
Brewster's Millions has been adapted into 6 films, from 1914 to 1961. The most recent is Three on a Spree (1961).
Brewster's Millions1914 · film · dir. Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6The first movie adaptation of the famous novel where a young man has to spend a fortune on 60 days to inherit an even larger sum of money. Considered to be a lost film.
Brewster's Millions1921 · film · 61 min · dir. Joseph Henabery · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
Miss Brewster's Millions1926 · film · 72 min · dir. Clarence G. Badger · IMDb ↗IMDb6.8Polly Brewster, a penniless Hollywood model/movie extra inherits one million dollars. But her new lawyer, Tom Hancock, informs her that she has to spend it all within 30 days to inherit $5 million more from her spiteful Uncle Ned Brewster who tries to prevent it from happening.
Brewster's Millions1935 · film · 80 min · dir. Thornton Freeland · IMDb ↗IMDb7.3Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.
Brewster's Millions1945 · film · 79 min · dir. Allan Dwan · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
Three on a Spree1961 · film · 83 min · dir. Sidney J. Furie · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!
