History Film / Fitzwilly

* OneLastJob: The Gimbels Christmas Eve heist.

* ScoutOut: The "Platypi" troop of neighborhood boys that Miss Woodworth leads.

* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: At Gimbels one of the crew creates a distraction by pinching the rears of various women in the crowd.

* FiirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: At Gimbels one of the crew starts doing this to various women in the crowd to help create a distraction.

Miss Victoria Woodworth (Edith Evans) is an elderly New York heiress, living a quietly patrician life in her luxurious mansion with a large household staff and frequently engaging in philanthropy. There is one rather large problem with her lifestyle, however: she [[ImpoverishedPatrician doesn't actually have any money]]. Her wealthy father left her a mere $180, and her loyal servants, led by Fitzwilly, have been engaging in elaborate schemes and scams in order to facilitate her lifestyle.

* ProperlyParanoid: Oberblatz, who heads up security for Gimbels, is very worried about the store getting robbed. And rightfully so, as it turns out.

''Fitzwilly'' is 1967 comedy film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Creator/DickVanDyke as a [[TheJeeves butler]] named Claude "Fitzwilly" Fitzwilliam.

Miss Victoria Woodworth (Edith Evans) is an elderly New York heiress, living a quietly patrician life in her plush brownstone with a large household staff and frequently engaging in philanthropy. There is one rather large problem with her lifestyle, however: she [[ImpoverishedPatrician doesn't actually have any money]]. Her wealthy father left her a mere $180, and her loyal servants, led by Fitzwilly, have been engaging in elaborate schemes and scams in order to facilitate her lifestyle.

* ProperlyParanoid: Oberblatz, who heads up security for Gimbels, is worried about the store getting robbed. Rightfully so, as it turns out.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: Adapted from a novel called ''A Garden of Cucumbers''.[[note]]The title comes from the Literature/BookOfIsaiah 1:8: "And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city."[[/note]]

* ScoutOut: The "Platypi" troop of neighborhood boys that Fitzwilly leads.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Right after the opening credits, Fitzwilly addresses the audience directly:

-->"Once upon a time, the very privileged lived the way we still do: in quiet luxury, elegance, grace. It's an almost vanished way of life. Not easy to hold on to. And, uh... terribly expensive to maintain."

* MockMillionaire: Miss Woodworth, not that she's aware of it.

* ScoutOut: The "Platypi" troop.

* SeriousBusiness: Juliet's father and his best friend deeply obsess over their Scrabble games and resent any interruptions.

* {{Meganekko}}: Juliet, although she only wears glasses part of the time.

Miss Victoria Woodworth (Edith Evans) is an elderly New York heiress, living a quietly patrician life in her plush brownstone with a large household staff and frequently engaging in philanthropy. There is one rather large problem with her lifestyle, however: She [[ImpoverishedPatrician doesn't actually have any money]]. Her wealthy father left her a mere $180, and her loyal servants, led by Fitzwilly, have been engaging in elaborate schemes and scams in order to facilitate her lifestyle.

All of this threatens to unravel, however, when Miss Woodworth brings in Juliet Nowell (Creator/BarbaraFeldon), an outsider to their servant network, to assist her in compiling a dictionary containing all possible phonetic misspellings. Trying to prevent Juliet from discovering their crimes, Fitzwilly courts her in order to persuade her to leave. However, things become even more complicated when he begins to [[RomanticFakeRealTurn fall for her for real]]...

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All of this threatens to unravel, however, when Miss Woodworth brings in Juliet Nowell (Creator/BarbaraFeldon), an outsider to their servant network, to help compile a dictionary with all possible phonetic misspellings. Trying to prevent Juliet from discovering their crimes, Fitzwilly courts her in order to persuade her to leave. However, things become even more complicated when he begins to [[RomanticFakeRealTurn fall for her for real]]...

Miss Victoria Woodworth (Edith Evans) is an elderly New York heiress, living a peaceful life with a large household staff and frequently engaging in philanthropy. There is, however, one rather large problem with her lifestyle: She [[ImpoverishedPatrician doesn't actually have any money]]. Her wealthy father left her a mere $200, and her loyal servants, led by Fitzwilly, have been engaging in elaborate schemes and scams in order to facilitate her lifestyle.

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All of this threatens to unravel, however, when Miss Woodworth brings in Juliet Nowell (Barbara Feldon), an outsider to their servant network, to help compile a dictionary with all possible phonetic misspellings. Trying to prevent Juliet from discovering their crimes, Fitzwilly courts her in order to persuade her to leave. However, things become even more complicated when he begins to [[RomanticFakeRealTurn fall for her for real]]...

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A 1967 comedy film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Creator/DickVanDyke as a [[TheJeeves butler]] named Claude "Fitzwilly" Fitzwilliam.