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Duffy (1968)

Duffy poster
Directed by
Robert Parrish
Genre
comedy film, heist film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers recruit a slick American to help them rob a ship owned by their father. The heist is planned in the south of France with a focus on style and deception.

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What happens

Duffy is a 1968 crime comedy film directed by Robert Parrish and starring James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox and Susannah York; also starring John Alderton. The screenplay was by Donald Cammell and Harry Joe Brown Jr. Originally called "Avec-Avec", French for "with-it", according to 1967 press reports, Columbia Pictures changed the title of the movie, despite the protests of the stars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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