Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Murph the Surf (1975)

American International Pictures
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Inception Media Group)

Robert Conrad is a "beach boy" in Miami, doing chores for wealthy tourists, but it is only a cover for his real job as a jewel thief. He gets his surfing buddy Don Stroud involved, and together they make a killing selling the loot to a local fence. An anonymous buyer sets his sights on the "Star of India", a large stone in a museum, and the two of them pull of the heist in spectacular fashion. However, the plot gets bogged down in their boring post-heist lives where they cheat on their girlfriends and spend time in discos. The police eventually catch up to them for a rather anti-climactic ending.

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