Hold-Up (1985)

Original title

Hold-up

Directed by

Alexandre Arcady

Genre

comedy film, heist film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

6

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 169 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man plans and executes a bank robbery, but his escape goes comically wrong. He must dodge police and navigate a series of mishaps while disguised as a clown.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedwittysuspensefulamusingenergeticfrantic

What happens

Hold-Up is a Franco-Canadian crime comedy from 1985, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Alexandre Arcady. The screenplay by Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont and Francis Veber is based on the novel Quick Change by Jay Cronley. The novel was filmed again, as Quick Change (1990), with Bill Murray starring and co-directing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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