"Feature films." . . "Wills." . . "Feature films United States." . . "United States." . . "Friendship." . . "Comedy films" . . "The possibly true story of Melvin Dummar, a nice guy who is also unlucky, impractical and incapable of keeping a job. One night, however, he helps an old man who has had a motorcycle accident in the desert. Melvin laughs when the old man says he is Howard Hughes, the eccentric billionaire. But when Howard Hughes dies, Melvin is mailed a will leaving him part of the estate."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Biographical films" . . . . . . . . . . "Based on a supposedly true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune." . . . . "\"In this delightful real-life American fable, everyday loser Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) picks up a haggard old man (Jason Robards) in the Nevada desert. Eight years later, the hitchhiker turns out to have been Howard Hughes ... who has named Melvin as a beneficiary to his multi-billion dollar fortune. In a world of blue-collar hopes and game show ambitions, Melvin becomes both an instant celebrity and national punch line, gamely fighting to win the crap shoot that is The American Dream\"--Container."@en . . . . "The story of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes at the time of his encounter one winter night in 1967 in the Nevada desert with an unsuspecting ne'er-do-well named Melvin Dummar." . . "Feature films" . "Melvin und Howard" . . . . . "Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune."@en . "Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune." . . "Academy Award films" . . . . . . . . "Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes encounters an unsuspecting ne'er-do-well in the Nevada desert."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Based on a true story, hard luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune."@en . . . . "Fiction films" . . . . . . "Drama"@en . "Drama" . . . . "Melvin and Howard a true story?"@en . . . . . "Features" . . "Melvin Dummar's story of his supposed encounter with Howard Hughes and the misadventures which followed his being named and disclaimed as heir to the billionaire's estate." . . . "Melvin and Howard" . . "Jason Robards, as Howard Hughes, plays the eccentric billionaireat the time of his mythic encounter on the Nevada Desert with Melvin Dummar as played by Paul Le Mat."@en . . "Melvin and Howard"@en . . "Comedy films." . . . . "Altruism Drama." . . "Friendship Drama." . . "Altruism." . .