How to Frame a Figg

IMDb link: 0067219
IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,137 votes)
Genres: Comedy
Director: Alan Rafkin
Cast: Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Edward Andrews, Elaine Joyce and others

Release date: 1 Feb 1971
Release year: 1971
Runtime: 103 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: bookkeeper, computer, second hand computer, embezzlement, framed for crime, city hall, bookkeeper's assistant, picture on front page of newspaper, gutter ball, funeral procession

Plot:

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after things, knowing he'll never catch on. Their plan backfires when Figg becomes self-important and accidentally discovers their plot.

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