$ (1971)

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writer:

Richard Brooks (written by)

Release Date:

17 December 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The BIG bank-heist is on!

Plot:

A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.

Plot Keywords:

Germany | Drugs | Safe Deposit | Heist | Hamburg Germany

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Joe Collins
Goldie Hawn	...	Dawn Divine
Gert Fröbe	...	Mr. Kessel
Robert Webber	...	Attorney
Scott Brady	...	Sarge
Arthur Brauss	...	Candy Man
Robert Stiles	...	Major
Wolfgang Kieling	...	Granich
Bob Herron	...	Bodyguard (as Robert Herron)
Christiane Maybach	...	Helga
Hans Hutter	...	Karl
Monica Stender	...	Berta
Horst Hesslein	...	Bruno
Wolfgang Kuhlman	...	Furcoat
Klaus Schichan	...	Knifeman (as Klaus Tschichan)
Tove Platon	...	Customs
Kirsten Lahman	...	Customs
Françoise Blanc	...	$ Stripper (as Francoise Blanc)
Darrell Armstrong	...	Associated Press
Walt Trott	...	Stars and Stripes

Directed by
Richard Brooks

Writing credits
Richard Brooks		(written by)

Produced by
M.J. Frankovich	....	producer

Original Music by
Quincy Jones

Cinematography by
Petrus R. Schlömp		(photography) (as Petrus Schloemp)

Film Editing by
George Grenville

Makeup Department
Robert Jiras	....	makeup artist (as Bob Jiras)
Barry Richardson	....	hairdresser
Ernst Schmekel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Frank Winterstein	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Shaw	....	assistant director

Art Department
Olaf Ivens	....	scenic designer
Joe LaBella	....	props (as Joe La Bella)
Guy Sheppard	....	scenic designer

Sound Department
Jack Haynes	....	sound re-recordist
Vince Melandri	....	sound editor
Arthur Piantadosi	....	sound re-recordist (as Arthur R. Piantadosi)
Nancy Sammons	....	assistant sound editor
Jerry Stanford	....	sound editor
Richard Tyler	....	sound re-recordist
Jan van der Eerden	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Karl Petri	....	gaffer
Phil Stern	....	stillman

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Johannes Kohner	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Murray Jordan	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ralph James Hall	....	music editor (as Ralph Hall)

Other crew
Elsa De Bruycker	....	technical advisor
Don Elliott	....	the human instrument
Al Horwits	....	public relations
Gene Levy	....	auditor
Marshall Schlom	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Pan
• Worldwide

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1972) (France) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1973) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Adam Opel A.G.  transportation
• Westheimer Company  titles

Also Known As:

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Netherlands:12 (DVD) (2010)

Filming Locations:

Alter Elbtunnel, St. Pauli, Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Goldie Hawn has admitted she's never seen this movie all the way through. Perhaps too busy working at the time to attend its premiere, she finally caught up with "$" when it played on television. But she says it exhausted her patience and she shut it off at the half-way mark.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): It appears that there was an error in Sarge's calculation of how much the Candy Man's heroin-filled baseballs were worth: if "one baseball is worth $19,000, and the Candy Man has prepared 24 of them", then $19,000 multiplied by 24 is only $456,000, not $470,000. Each baseball would have to be worth $19,583.33&1/3 for 24 balls to be worth $470,000.

Quotes:

Mr. Kessel:[seeing Miss Devine's heavily-loaded grocery bag] Ahhhh, Fraulein! Soooo much to eat for such a little girl
Dawn Divine:[giggling] I have no willpower!

Soundtrack:

Money Is

Dated

This movie is sooo 1970! Take charge know-it-all Americans with long hair, James Bond style villains, lots of (for the time) hi tech gadgets, constant cigarettes, big busted bimbos in short skirts and car chases. Endless car chases! Interminable car chases! Impossible car chases! At my age I tend to regard 1971 as my era. Yet it was over 40 years ago and the movies of that time tended to reflect the James Bond culture. But any movie with lots of trains can't be all bad and much of this film is set on trains, in rail terminals and in rail freight yards. It's dated but that in itself can be interesting. Goldie Hawn with her goofy giggle is always a delight and the late Gert Frobe, although a good guy in this movie, will always be Auric Goldfinger to me.