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User Rating:
4.8/10   48 votes
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Director:
Joseph Jacoby
Writer:
Joseph Jacoby (written by)
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Release Date:
November 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
A Comedy Of Corruption
Plot:
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

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shenanigans (USA) (alternative title)
The Great Georgia Bank Hoax
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
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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5 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Awful, 18 March 2002
Author: Paul English from Ireland

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

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