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The Split (1968)

The Split poster
Directed by
Gordon Flemyng
Genre
drama film, heist film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A professional thief plans a heist at a Los Angeles football stadium during a game. He assembles a team to pull off the robbery but trust unravels among them.

tensegrittysuspensefulstylishcoolcerebralbleakslow-burn

What happens

The Split is a 1968 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Gordon Flemyng. It was written by Robert Sabaroff, based upon the Parker novel The Seventh by Richard Stark (a pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake). The film stars Jim Brown, along with Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates, Donald Sutherland and Gene Hackman. The music is by Quincy Jones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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