CBS
Directed by Bernard McEveety
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, CBS)
Peter Falk needs money to help his dying father get dialysis. He manages to convince his ballpark buddies Vic Morrow and Peter Lawford to help him rob a local money exchange office. Morrow has been laid off from his job as an electronics technician and has skills that will be needed in the robbery. Lawford is a bored and broke film director. After a long buildup around these characters, the heist is relatively uneventful. The loot turns out to be far less than expected, and Falk begins to consider another robbery. However, before they can act they are arrested. And that is it. A rather abrupt ending. This is more of a character driven film than typical heist film. It feels a little dated, but with these three actors it is still very watchable. Interesting Jerry Goldsmith score.
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