The Take (1974)

Directed by

Robert Hartford-Davis

Genre

action film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A heist goes wrong and a man gets caught up in a criminal underworld. The story follows his struggle to survive as things spiral out of control.

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What happens

The Take is a 1974 British-American action neo noir crime drama film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Tracy Reed, and Albert Salmi. It is based on the 1970 novel Sir, You Bastard by G. F. Newman. The film was released by Columbia Pictures in May 1974. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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