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The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
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Joseph Jacoby (written by)
Release Date:
November 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Comedy Of Corruption
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When the prominent citizens of a small town discover that the officers of the local bank have been embezzling money from it, they decide to rob the bank themselves. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Richard Basehart | ... | Emanuel Benchley | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Jack Stutz | |
| Paul Sand | ... | Richard Smedley | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Julius Taggart | |
| Michael Murphy | ... | Manigma | |
| Arthur Godfrey | ... | Bryer | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John C. Becher | ... | Alex | |
| Charlene Dallas | ... | Cathy | |
| Constance Forslund | ... | Patricia | |
| Guy Le Bow | ... | Sheriff | |
| John Lefkowitz | ... | Deputy Bart | |
| Sara Newman | ... | Andrea (as Sara Mansfield) | |
| Bibi Osterwald | ... | Sara | |
| Alek Primrose | ... | Reverend | |
| Roy Tatum | ... | Deputy Jason | |
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Patricia:
The only way you can get a loan is if you have collectible.
Richard Smedley: The word happens to be collateral.
Patricia: Same thing!
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Richard Smedley: The word happens to be collateral.
Patricia: Same thing!
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I recorded this about four years ago and finally got round to watching it tonight.
It's a simplistic and boring tale of bungling and embezzlement in a sleepy bank in a non-descript town.
A struggle to watch till the end.
2/10