The Brink's Job (1978)
- Directed by
- William Friedkin
- Genre
- comedy film, heist film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 71 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1950 Boston, a motley crew of small-time crooks pulls off a massive heist at the Brink's armored car depot. The film follows their clumsy planning and the aftermath of getting away with millions.
comiclight-heartedperiodbased-on-eventsbreezywhimsicalwrypolite
What happens
The Brink's Job is a 1978 American crime comedy drama film directed by William Friedkin and starring Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, and Paul Sorvino. It is based on the Brink's robbery of 1950 in Boston, and the book about it, Big Stick-Up at Brinks by Noel Behn. Robbers stole $2.7 million in cash, checks, and government securities. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction (Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, Bruce Kay and George R. Nelson). The film uses facts (and participant names) from the case, although several actual details are omitted in order to tell a compact story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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