Madigan's Millions

Dustin Hoffman's first appearance in films might have been his last if this film had been released before THE GRADUATE. He was lucky. Though completed in 1967, the film languished in the vaults until it finally escaped three years later. Hoffman showed bits and pieces of talent, but it took a discerning eye to spot it in this comedy shot on location in Madrid and Rome. Hoffman is a young IRS snoop sent to Italy to locate millions stashed by Romero, a rackets czar who has been deported by the US to his native land. Romero is killed by local hoods looking for the stash and Hoffman attempts to investigate, but is hampered in his work by the Roman police. Hoffman makes...