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Bank Shot (1974)

 -  Comedy | Crime  -  31 July 1974 (USA)
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A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer ... See full summary »

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Eleonora
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Al G. Karp
G. Wood ...
Andrew Constable
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Streiger
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Victor Karp
Bibi Osterwald ...
Mums Gornik
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Hermann X
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Stosh Gornik
Harvey Evans ...
Irving
Hank Stohl ...
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Liam Dunn ...
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Pat Zurica ...
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A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

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The Mission Bell Bank. Here Comes The Ballantine Gang. There Goes The Bank. See more »

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Comedy | Crime

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31 July 1974 (USA)  »

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The Bank Shot  »

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[Hearing the initial plan to rob the bank]
Walter Upjohn Ballentine: I'm going to get up from this table. I'm going to walk to the nearest police station, and I'm going to turn myself in. And they will take me back to Stryker's funny farm, where at least I was safe...
[He looks around at the others]
Walter Upjohn Ballentine: ...and sane. And I pity the poor schmuck who tries... to stop me.
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Follows The Hot Rock (1972) See more »

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Wasted Opportunity....its a GREAT Book
25 March 2007 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Donald Westlake's Dortmunder are a terrific series of caper books about a career crook with bad luck. "Bank Shot" may very well be the best of the bunch, well the funniest anyway. But the movie fails on many levels.

First off there's the casting, George C. Scott wasn't a horrible choice, if he had a good script he would have worked fine, Sorrell Booke wasn't the best choice, though i love to see him in something other than "The Dukes of Hazzard," Don Calfa is okay as the driver from the books, but Frank McRae was great as Hermman X.

If you want to see a pretty good Dortmunder movie, watch "The Hot Rock" with Robert Redford or "Why Me?" with Christopher Lambert. Watch out of curiosity, at least its closer to the books than "What's the Worst that Could Happen?"


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