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Director:
Writers:
Ray Galton (writer)
Joe Orton (play)
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Release Date:
21 January 1972 (Denmark) more
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Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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The wit of spoken word and situation survive the awful music more (5 total)

Cast

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Richard Attenborough ... Inspector Truscott
Lee Remick ... Nurse Fay McMahon
Hywel Bennett ... Dennis
Milo O'Shea ... Mr. McLeavy
Roy Holder ... Hal
Dick Emery ... Mr. Bateman
Joe Lynch ... Father O'Shaughnessy
John Cater ... Meadows
Aubrey Woods ... Undertaker
Enid Lowe ... W.V.A. Leader
Harold Innocent ... Bank Manager
Kevin Brennan ... Vicar
Andonia Katsaros ... Policewoman
Jean Marlow ... Mrs. McLeavy
Robert Raglan ... Doctor
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Runtime:
101 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Fun Stuff

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The Broadway production of "Loot" written by Joe Orton opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York on March 18, 1968 and ran for 22 performances. more
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References The Public Enemy (1931) more

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5 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
The wit of spoken word and situation survive the awful music, 18 December 2005
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Author: nickjg from London, England

I wonder if it would be possible to re-edit this comic gem to eliminate the dreadful backing song(s). Its a play in which the absurdity of conventional attitudes is lampooned and the stirling performances by Milo O'Shea and Attenborough carry it off in the larger style required for big screen. It may mystify those hooked on two modern types of comedy film: those which mock the people who don't conform and those which don't ever rise beyond crude vaudeville. Loot sympathises with those who defy and subvert social codes. It has more in common with the intelligent humour of Harold and Maude or The Producers than with the raucous Eddie Murphy / Chevvy Chase shout-fests. Of course, its difficult. The hard of thinking may have to replay some of the one liners to appreciate the ironies - the targets are attitudes rather than personal blemishes. This is not the world of Joan Rivers either - there is no bitchy 'humour' Orton, while deliberately offending against 'good taste' never sets his sights on anything quite so grubby. The cast are all likable but absurd. Even in Orton's more bitchy plays like 'What the Butler Saw' he doesn't aim at vindictiveness - its the institution he undermines. Loot is satire, not sarcasm. The well paced direction and the crisp, non-self-indulgent acting make this a forgotten treat which should be revived, as it has been for such diverse actors as Leonard Rossiter and Kenneth Williams on stage within living memory.

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