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Release Date:
2 September 1971 (West Germany)
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The Crime of the Century! more
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A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment...
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Surveillance
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Tape
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Jewel Theft
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Criminal Gang
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Planning
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Rare Movie Alert! TCM Airs "The Anderson Tapes" Tonight
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Great film that sometimes may get overlooked.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Connery | ... | Duke Anderson |
 | Dyan Cannon | ... | Ingrid |
 | Martin Balsam | ... | Haskins |
| Ralph Meeker | ... | Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney |
 | Alan King | ... | Pat Angelo |
 | Christopher Walken | ... | The Kid |
 | Val Avery | ... | Parelli aka Socks |
| Dick Anthony Williams | ... | Spencer (as Dick Williams) |
| Garrett Morris | ... | Officer Everson |
| Stan Gottlieb | ... | Pop |
| Paul Benjamin | ... | Jimmy |
| Anthony Holland | ... | Psychologist |
| Richard B. Shull | ... | Werner (as Richard B. Schull) |
| Conrad Bain | ... | Dr. Rubicoff |
| Margaret Hamilton | ... | Miss Kaler |
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99 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1971) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1986) |
UK:AA (original rating) |
USA:GP (original rating) |
USA:PG |
Iceland:12
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Final feature film of Margaret Hamilton.
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Revealing mistakes: When the grappling hook is first thrown, many scratches are visible from previous takes.
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Anderson:
What's advertising but a legalized con game? And what the hell's marriage? Extortion, prostitution, soliciting with a government stamp on it. And what the hell's your stock market? A fixed horse race. Some business guy steals a bank, he's a big success story. Face in all the magazines. Some other guy steals the magazine and he's busted.
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Referenced in Lumet: Film Maker (1975)
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Beautifully made caper film by one of the best in his prime, Sydney Lumet. The pacing and balance may be the true art of the film. Premise is a bit far fetched: recently released con (Sean Connery) plans extravagant heist of entire Manhattan apartment building using mob financing. The hitch is that most everywhere he goes during his planning, electronic surveillance follows from varied and sundry sources.
A young Chris Walken heads a superb support group including Dyan Cannon. Martin Balsam is absolutely spectacular as the femme antique dealer.
Slightly dated, but never tired, the story progresses like a time bomb countdown.
Often imitated, rarely duplicated.