Money Movers (1978)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers:

Bruce Beresford (writer)
Devon Minchin (novel)

Release Date:

1979 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

This contemporary action movie is based on the novel by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services and reveals a violent and ruthless criminal world.

Plot:

An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten the security. However, the biggest danger of a new heist lies within the company's own ranks.

Plot Keywords:

Heist | Security | Australia | Security Firm | Australian

Cast

Terence Donovan	...	Eric Jackson
Tony Bonner	...	Leo Bassett
Ed Devereaux	...	Dick Martin
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	...	Jack Henderson
Candy Raymond	...	Mindel Seagers
Jeanie Drynan	...	Dawn Jackson
Bryan Brown	...	Brian Jackson
Alan Cassell	...	Sammy Ross
Gary Files	...	Ernest Sainsbury
Ray Marshall	...	Ed Gallagher
Hu Pryce	...	David Griffiths
Frank Wilson	...	Lionel Darcy
Lucky Grills	...	Robert Conway
Tony Allison	...	Man at bank
Brian Anderson	...	Technician

Also Known As:

Moneymovers (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Norway:16 (1980) | USA:R | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (video rating) | Australia:R (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Company:

New South Wales Film Corp.

Trivia:

Invitations to the World Premiere in Sydney, Australia on 1st February 1979 were enclosed in a plastic wallet that included a banknote, a card, a pick, hacksaw blade and hairpins.

Quotes:

Brian Jackson: If one of your mob told me, "Good morning," I'd put on my pajamas and go to bed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Count Your Toes: The Making of 'Money Movers' (2004) (V)

One of my favorite films

It's an amazing film. The casting is amazing - notably Ray Marshall, Bryan Brown and Tony Bonne The planning of an armored car heist, you never quite know who's going to do right or wrong, until the very end when the sides are truly drawn and it culminates in an unbelievably violent finale. This, along with a toe clipping torture scene earlier on, gives it the feel of Tarantino/Avary and their ilk, but a good ten years earlier. The tension as the movies gets closer and closer to the actually heist is insane. Why this movie isn't as lauded as Beresford's films before and after this one is a mystery.