The Million Dollar Rip-Off

The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	A screenplay by William Devane and John Pleshette
Written by	Andrew Peter Marin
Directed by	Alexander Singer
Starring	Freddie Prinze
Music by	Vic Mizzy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Charles Fries
Producer	Edward J. Montagne
Production locations	Skokie, Illinois Chicago Los Angeles
Cinematography	Jules Brenner
Editor	Sam E. Waxman
Running time	73 minutes
Production company	Charles Fries Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 22, 1976 (1976-09-22)

The Million Dollar Rip-Off is a 1976 American made-for-television crime comedy film starring Freddie Prinze in his television film debut and his only film role of any kind. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by Andrew Peter Marin based on a screenplay by William Devane and John Pleshette, the film premiered on NBC on September 22, 1976.

Plot

An ex-con electronics genius (Prinze) and his four female accomplices devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who has been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.

Cast

• Freddie Prinze as Muff Kovak
• Allen Garfield as Lieutenant Ralph Fogherty
• Christine Belford as Lil
• Linda Scruggs as Helene (as Linda Scruggs Bogart)
• Joanna Kerns as Jessie (as Joanna DeVarona)
• Brooke Mills as Kitty
• James Sloyan as Lubeck
• Bob Hastings as Sergeant Frank Jarrett
• Gary Vinson as Hennessy

External links

• The Million Dollar Rip-Off at IMDb
• The Million Dollar Rip-Off at AllMovie
• The Million Dollar Rip-Off at the TCM Movie Database