UK,
1978, 110 min
(Alternative: 106 min)
Directed by:
Michael CrichtonScreenplay:
Michael CrichtonCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, Malcolm Terris, André Morell, John Altman, Brooke Adams (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Connery is Edward Pierce, a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history, Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie and larcenous skill. (official distributor synopsis)
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