The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

"Who's Minding the Mint?" has to rank as one of the funniest movies that sadly most people have probably never seen. Director Howard Morris does an amazing job of juggling comedy with caper, thanks in no small part to having a brilliant ensemble of second bananas who make the whole thing seem effortless. As the hapless U.S. mint employee who accidentally destroys $50,000 in freshly minted bills and then has to replace them with the help of some of the most inept accomplices imaginable, Jim Hutton is the perfect straight man to this assortment of loonies. Tops among them are Jack Gilford who's a riot as a hard-of-hearing safe cracker, Victor Buono as former Navy man turned amusement park ride operator and Milton Berle as a pawn shop owner. There are also great bits by Dorothy Provine as a naive mint worker smitten with Hutton, Jamie Farr as a lookout who can't speak English, Joey Bishop as Berle's best customer whose entire apartment is in hock, Bob Denver as an ice cream vendor and Walter Brennan as a former mint worker who has to take along his expectant beagle Icky on the night of the big heist. Icky, played by Peanuts, holds her own with these pros, and earns big laughs as she searches throughout the Mint for a spot to have her puppies.The movie is perfect family entertainment and a million laughs from beginning to end. If you're looking for a real feel-good movie, "Who's Minding the Mint?" is money in the bank.

I saw this movie in the movies as a kid. When it came out on VHS I bought it and my kids became fans. I still have it on VHS and wish I had it on DVD. Everyone is superb and all the gags are great. I love the end where they're in the van with the church music playing.Jim Hutton was a great actor and this is one of the funniest things he did. He is surrounded by an absolutely hilarious supporting cast. It's a well-made farce and the premise is so ridiculous that everything becomes even funnier as the movie goes on.I've asked countless people in my life if they've ever seen this movie and they say they haven't even heard of it. It's a pity because it's really a delightful movie. I loved it, my kids loved it and I hope my grandkids love it. I just wish it would come out on DVD!!!

Why doesn't this get more respect? Each time I see this (now going on #8) it gets better as surrealism in commercial 1960s America. The cast is stellar and performances are memorable. The plot is sufficiently twisted to make this late-night TV movie a classic of one error that leads to many more errors at ridiculous lengths. I have too many favorite scenes here to claim one as a favorite. The straight man Jim Hutton is more patient than required by the role of the straight man. His attempt to rescue cash lost in a garbage disposal leads to an unlikely but ever-growing payroll of a deaf safe-cracker (Jack Gilford),pompous toy boat captain Victor "My only aversion to vice is the price" Buono, Bob Denver, Milton Berle with a face of green ink mistaken for George Washington by a drunk staring down a sewer, and a pregnant dog in scuba gear.Whatever can go wrong will, including the place of this farce amongst other American farces.

It's a smaller-scale "Mad Mad Mad etc World" with some crafty veteran gagsters (Gilford, Berle, Buono, Brennan, Bishop et al) doing their shtick. Small improbabilities build and build until you end up with a string of boats with wildly-costumed characters sailing in an improbable location from an impossible caper. Total on-screen madness, yet it made sense at every small plot step along the way. Tightly-constructed and very much a late-60s comedy. It's one of those favorites you're slightly ashamed of.