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''Brewster's Millions'' is a novel written by George Barr [=McCutcheon=] in 1902, although it's arguably more well known for various adaptations that have been made since. The basic story revolves around Monty Brewster, an impoverished young man who inherits a substantial amount of money from a long-lost relative and also stands to further inherit a huge additional amount. (The total sum varies by time period; to fit the title, it's always in the millions or more. In the original novel, Brewster has to spend one million to inherit seven millions, while in the 1985 movie it's to blow 30 million to get 300 million.) But the inheritance [[OnOneCondition has a catch]]: Monty must ''waste'' the entire first amount in a limited period of time. He must end the challenge with no tangible assets whatsoever, with severe limits on possible outs like charity or purchasing items...and keep the arrangement a secret from everyone else. Monty wins the full inheritance if he pulls it off, but if he breaks any of the rules or fails to spend the first amount in full, he gets nothing.
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''Brewster's Millions'' is a novel written by George Barr [=McCutcheon=] in 1902, although it's arguably more well known for various adaptations that have been made since. The basic story revolves around Monty Brewster, an impoverished young man who inherits a substantial amount of money from a long-lost relative and also stands to further inherit a huge additional amount. (The total sum varies by time period; to fit the title, it's always in the millions or more. In the original novel, Brewster has to spend one million to inherit seven millions, million, while in the 1985 movie it's to blow 30 million to get 300 million.) But the inheritance [[OnOneCondition has a catch]]: Monty must ''waste'' the entire first amount in a limited period of time. He must end the challenge with no tangible assets whatsoever, with severe limits on possible outs like charity or purchasing items...and keep the arrangement a secret from everyone else. Monty wins the full inheritance if he pulls it off, but if he breaks any of the rules or fails to spend the first amount in full, he gets nothing.
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''Brewster's Millions'' is a novel written by George Barr [=McCutcheon=] in 1902, although it's arguably more well known for various adaptations that have been made since. The basic story revolves around Monty Brewster, an impoverished young man who inherits a substantial amount of money from a long-lost relative and also stands to further inherit a huge additional amount. (The total sum varies by time period; to fit the title, it's always in the millions or more. In the original novel, Brewster has to spend one million to inherit seven millions.) But the inheritance [[OnOneCondition has a catch]]: Monty must ''waste'' the entire first amount in a limited period of time. He must end the challenge with no tangible assets whatsoever, with severe limits on possible outs like charity or purchasing items...and keep the arrangement a secret from everyone else. Monty wins the full inheritance if he pulls it off, but if he breaks any of the rules or fails to spend the first amount in full, he gets nothing.
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''Brewster's Millions'' is a novel written by George Barr [=McCutcheon=] in 1902, although it's arguably more well known for various adaptations that have been made since. The basic story revolves around Monty Brewster, an impoverished young man who inherits a substantial amount of money from a long-lost relative and also stands to further inherit a huge additional amount. (The total sum varies by time period; to fit the title, it's always in the millions or more. In the original novel, Brewster has to spend one million to inherit seven millions.millions, while in the 1985 movie it's to blow 30 million to get 300 million.) But the inheritance [[OnOneCondition has a catch]]: Monty must ''waste'' the entire first amount in a limited period of time. He must end the challenge with no tangible assets whatsoever, with severe limits on possible outs like charity or purchasing items...and keep the arrangement a secret from everyone else. Monty wins the full inheritance if he pulls it off, but if he breaks any of the rules or fails to spend the first amount in full, he gets nothing.
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* ReturningWarVet: Brewster and several of his friends in the 1945 version.
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* ReturningWarVet: Brewster The 1945 film opens with Monty (who plans to marry MyGirlBackHome) and several of his two best friends in returning from the 1945 version.European theatre at the end of the Second World War. A man who served on the front with them also shows up trying to get a play financed, and Monty's girlfriend's houseman is recently back from the Pacific theatre, where he was wounded in action.
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* HardTruthAesop: Brewster bails out a bank at once point to safeguard the savings of some people he knows. He thinks that will invalidate him from winning the fortune, since it would break the spending cap on charity. Sedgwick gives him the money anyway, meaning that he considered the bail-out an extravagant waste of money and not an act of charity.
