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Director:
John Hay
Writer:
John Hay (written by)
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Release Date:
5 May 1995 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Thriller more
Tagline:
A tale of kidnapping, computer fraud and Morris Minors.
Plot:
A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Alfred Molina ... Cliff

Helen Slater ... Kim
Peter Bowles ... Lord Childwell
Dinsdale Landen ... Sir Wilmot
Heathcote Williams ... Jeremiah

Stephen Fry ... Wimborne
Bryan Pringle ... Cecil, Bank Doorman
Patricia Hayes ... Mrs. Fawkes
Jack Dee ... Wilmot's Servant

Ian Porter ... Beggar
Lindsay Holiday ... Jimmy
Rob Freeman ... U.S. Bank Operations Manager
R.J. Bell ... U.S. Bank Security Manager
Jason Salkey ... U.S. Bank Dealer
Ann Bryson ... Bank Transfer Clerk
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
USA:Not Rated | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Athens, Greece more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last feature film of Dinsdale Landen. more
Soundtrack:
So Sorry more

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Um..., 22 June 2006
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Author: The_Triad from Gloucester, England

A very oddball film is The Steal. It's definitely a very British crime caper with an original, (if not really interesting) little twist. The story starts with a wise lawyer recruiting an American computer hacker to take money from a international company that has destroyed part of a small Asian country to build a leisure complex. She is teamed up with a man who works for the city council to carry out the heist. I won't spoil it, but I'll just say what follows is not a conventional heist film, more a very British farcical comedy with a firm tongue in cheek. It doesn't really work very well, but for some strange reason I quite enjoyed watching it, maybe for the originality, maybe because Alfred Molina was in it, maybe because the lawyer character was so cool, maybe for nice footage of the British countryside whatever, I don't think I can really recommend this film as such, but if you do watch it don't be prepared for anything ground breaking.

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