I am at a loss to understand the low rating and the many poor reviews . I find this a wonderfully zany comedy. If Nichols was aiming, as has been said, to emulate the great comedies of Laurel and Hardy and others in the 30's and 40's, I feel he succeeded. There are so many wonderful scenes that, even without dialogue, convey the insanity of the situation; the scene of the bus on the bridge is a wordless piece of comedic genius. The three leads - Nicholson, Beatty, and Channing - work together superbly. To me this is a woefully underrated and neglected movie. This is the second time I have seen it on TCM, and it won't be the last.
Review of The Fortune
