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Bank Shot

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Bank Shot
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1hr 23min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1974
Director:
Gower Champion
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Sorrell Booke, Don Calfa, Joanna Cassidy  ...more
Synopsis: This crime-caper film from director Gower Champion stars George C. Scott as a visionary thief. He doesn't merely intend to rob a bank; his plan is to steal the whole bank. This is accomplished by lifting the structure with house-moving machinery in the dead of night, then painting it pink and squirreling it away in a trailer park. The Bank Shot was based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake who also wrote the book that became 1972's The Hot Rock. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
This charming little sleeper is worth the hunt for fans of offbeat comedies. The script, adapted from a Donald Westlake novel, takes the heist thriller and sets that genre on its ear by using a novel plot hook (the idea of stealing an entire bank) and replacing its usual tough-guy character archetypes with a bunch of zanies right out of the slapstick-comedy playbook. George C. Scott has a ball playing ... Full Review
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George C. Scott
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