Brewster's Millions
by George Barr McCutcheonliterary work· published 1902
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Brewster's Millions is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. The plot concerns a young man whose grandfather leaves him $1 million in a will, but a competing will from another relative requires he must spend the $1 million in the first year or forfeit a $7 million inheritance from the other relative. It was adapted into a play in 1906, which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway, and the novel or play has been adapted into films thirteen times.
Adaptations (10)
Brewster's Millions has been adapted into 10 films, from 1914 to 2018. The most recent is Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018).
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.
Vaddante Dabbu1954 · film · 139 min · dir. H.M. Reddy · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0Shyam, an artist, lives with Rama. They have a lavish lifestyle and run from the people they're indebted to until Shyam meets Saroja, an admirer of his work and they fall in love. Saroja's father gives Shyam a lot of money to spend. What does Shyam end up doing with all that money?
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!
Babayi-Abbayi1985 · film · 117 min · dir. Jandhyala · IMDb ↗IMDb7.0Having no one else to care for them, two men decide to live their lives as "uncle" and "nephew" despite not having any blood relation.
Brewster's Millions1985 · film · 102 min · dir. Walter Hill · IMDb ↗Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Hello Mr. Billionaire2018 · film · 118 min · dir. Da-Mo Peng, Fei Yan · IMDb ↗IMDb6.167%A pathetic minor league Soccer Goalkeeper was given a task - to spend 1 Billion in thirty days, if successful he will get 30 Billion. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the task and he must not own any valuables by end of it.
