Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that yields him a big bundle. Now he has not only the cops and the FBI after him, but also the local crime boss, who's outraged that an outsider can pull off a heist like that in his territory and not cut him in on it.
The Directorial debut of Walter Matthau and the only film he ever directed.
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BardOfMilling
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September 4, 2013
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Good story
This is how today's movies should be made. Entertaining!
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Futuristfood
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September 14, 2012
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the mid century decor is drooly!
if you love vintage atomic mid-century kitsch.. you'll love the lamps, curtains, couches, music, wall art,. kitchen,. etc,. faboo! the actors aren't bad either,. although I almost fall asleep watching Matthau read those badly written lines,. cute story though.. i like the opening scam,. could never happen,. ever,.
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Kodachrome
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September 14, 2012
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Did someone mention holes in the plot?
Well I can't blame them for my having watched it.
Nice scenes of the Southern California of my youth. Not redemptive for the purpose of stars. It gets only one from me.
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ebaycrap22
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April 5, 2012
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Ganster Walter Matthau is so good the mob recruits him~ 3 STARS worth watching once~
PLOT: Walter Matthau is is very successful gangster Jack~ sets up a bank robbery to look like movie ~
Jack is a gangster who evades the polices and arrives in town and sets up his next caper~ getting the local law to be "extras" his *movie* he cleverly robs a bank and escapes~ but soon the local MOB is after Jack to offer him a job~ Jack mean while is hiding out as a manual laborer~ in a fruit grove working for a pretty blonde librarian~ who is hot for Jack~ soon Jack and the blonde~ move on as a couple and Jack is onto a great caper... stealing the BOOKIES money hidden in a golf club's safe~ they take the whole safe~ now even the MOB is out to get Jack who wants to go "clean" and straight~ and off to mexico with the pretty libarian he fell in love with~~~ the DIALOG IS HOKEY~ Mattheu is very good until he has to speak~ and the plot of full of holes~ but well worth the watch once~ this could have been a great caper movie shot on a very limited budget but still a bit of tacky fun~ the robberys are very clever which is why this ended up with 3 STARS over all~
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horseoftroy
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February 21, 2010
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gangster direction
this film is so boring i should have been paid to watch it- so forget about it being free.
nothing matches. the script and the actors- the action and the music- the plot and the drama all neatly set apart and aside from each other.
horrible.