Working from a script by American Graffiti screenwriters Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, director Stanley Donen (Singin’ in the Rain, Charade) assembles a charismatic throwback to classic screwball comedies. Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, and Burt Reynolds star as a trio of bootleggers running rum from their Lucky Lady yacht during 1930s prohibition. Complications ensue when business turns into menage-à-trois pleasure, all while they try to stay one step ahead of the law. Cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey, Cabaret) provides some excellent photography that helps set the period mood. Minnelli sings the old-timey title track by Kander and Ebb, the musical geniuses behind Cabaret and Chicago.
