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Bellman and True (1987)

R 150 min  -  Crime | Drama
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Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bernard Hill ...
Derek Newark Derek Newark ...
Richard Hope ...
Ken Bones Ken Bones ...
Frances Tomelty Frances Tomelty ...
Kieran O'Brien ...
John Kavanagh John Kavanagh ...
Arthur Whybrow Arthur Whybrow ...
Jim Dowdall Jim Dowdall ...
Peter Howell Peter Howell ...
Kate McEnery Kate McEnery ...
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Anne Carroll Anne Carroll ...
Richard Strange ...
Man with Walkman
Peter Jonfield Peter Jonfield ...
Andrew Paul Andrew Paul ...
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Storyline

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery. Written by Anonymous  

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They kidnapped his son. They forced him to steal 14 million dollars. Then they made their biggest mistake. They trusted him.

Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Bellman and True - Gangster wider Willen See more »

Filming Locations:

Dungeness, Kent, England, UK See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$226,944 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

UK: (3 episodes: TV version)  | (VHS/DVD version)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)
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Trivia

The title is taken from the 18th century ballad "Do Ye Ken John Peel", a song about fox-hunting. It is presumably a rather obscure allusion to the way that the bank robbers have hunted down Hiller and won't let him go again. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the robbers' Daimler Sovereign getaway car is first seen after the robbery, its two inner headlights are smashed and are not lit. A few seconds later, when the car drives through the greenhouses, those lights are unbroken and are lit. See more »

Quotes

[Telling The Boy the story of "The Continuing Saga of Sod's Law - You Just Can't Win", an idealised but thinly-disguised version of his own life with his wife, "The Princess", who has now left him for a new lover, the owner of the Rover 2000S]
The Boy: The Princess? Was she there?
Hiller: Yeah.
The Boy: The Princess who smoked French cigarettes and was beautiful when she wasn't looking.
Hiller: We only had one rule. We didn't let anyone in who had a Rover 2000S. 2000 Smegma.
The Boy: Why?
Hiller: [bitterly] Because people with Rover 2000 Smegmas live in four-bedroom fake Georgian houses. They marry St Bernard dogs called Darling. And they have nasty little kids in green jumpsuits who come in through the window on a wire and say "Gosh!" and all that sort of thing.
[...]
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Crazy Credits

The end-credits are overlaid on a long drawing that scrolls sideways,
depicting Hiller's and The Boy's plane as it leaves London, flies over the
Atlantic and arrives at Rio. See more »

Connections

Remade as Firewall (2006) See more »