Robbery from 1967 stars Stanley Adams, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, and Frank Finlay.
Adams plays Paul Clifton, the head of a team of crooks who comes up with a plan to rob a mail train of the between $3 million and $4 million it will carry on a bank holiday. He takes the preparation very seriously, down to the minute, and the film shows the painstaking process.
The breathtaking London car chase caused Steve McQueen to ask the director, Peter Yates, to direct Bullitt.
Based on the 1963 Glasgow Train Robbery, the film actually starts with a diamond robbery, which introduces us to the main players. Then various people are gathered to participate in this difficult heist, followed by the actual robbery, the clever hiding place, and denoument.
The only part of the film that seems superfluous is the home life of Paul Clifton, featuring Joanna Pettet as his wife. I suppose it was to show that he was cold and determined, but it wasn't needed.
The end was a little different from what really happened. Enjoyable.
Adams plays Paul Clifton, the head of a team of crooks who comes up with a plan to rob a mail train of the between $3 million and $4 million it will carry on a bank holiday. He takes the preparation very seriously, down to the minute, and the film shows the painstaking process.
The breathtaking London car chase caused Steve McQueen to ask the director, Peter Yates, to direct Bullitt.
Based on the 1963 Glasgow Train Robbery, the film actually starts with a diamond robbery, which introduces us to the main players. Then various people are gathered to participate in this difficult heist, followed by the actual robbery, the clever hiding place, and denoument.
The only part of the film that seems superfluous is the home life of Paul Clifton, featuring Joanna Pettet as his wife. I suppose it was to show that he was cold and determined, but it wasn't needed.
The end was a little different from what really happened. Enjoyable.