Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Henry Hathaway
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)
Edward G. Robinson gathers together a group of criminals to pull off a heist at a Monte Carlo casino. It will take seven people to carry out his complex plan. Joan Collins does improvisational dancing to jazz music in a local club. Eli Wallach plays the sax for Joan and turns out to be a pivotal piece of the plan. They've also got a driver for muscle, an inside connection to the casino and a "box man". The final piece of the puzzle is Rod Steiger, an old pal of Robinson's who sort of manages the whole thing. The actual heist arrives and it is a disappointment. It almost happens in slow motion. The only hang-ups occur after they escape with the money. Somehow, it has a happy ending. It pales in comparison to the classic French heist films from the same time which it is trying to imitate.
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