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A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Soviet premier.A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Soviet premier.A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Soviet premier.
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Marian McCargo
- Dr. Marion Hague
- (as Marian Moses)
Phillip Pine
- George Logan
- (as Phillip E. Pine)
Larry D. Mann
- Officer Howard
- (as Lawrence Mann)
Al Nalbandian
- Willie Manus
- (as Albert Nalbandian)
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- TriviaIn his film debut, Harrison Ford has a small, uncredited role as a bellhop.
- Quotes
Miles Fisher: [vanishing inside the bank vault] Moneeeey!
- ConnectionsReferenced in That Girl (1966)
- SoundtracksJingle Bells
Written by James Pierpont
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For quite some time, this movie has held a place on my list of quintessential 60s guilty pleasure; it's a mini-super-light heist flick variation on some of the same themes in John Boorman's masterpiece, POINT BLANK - with its consistent visual chronicling of a transient American culture made anonymous by its materialistic-quack preoccupations (and thus,easily vulnerable to chameleon criminality). James Coburn, who plays DEAD HEAT'S hero shares some of Lee Marvin's traits in POINT BLANK. Both men move, mysteriously, like the wind, "beat the system," "win out" as anti-heroes but, in the process,they negate themselves out of existence ( they are, literally, "gone with the wind" at their respective pictures' fade-outs). On this last go-round, having just recently watched it again (via TCM), I'm prepared to give it a less qualified, more hearty endorsement. Writer-director, Bernard Girard makes the best case for modern international airports to be THE stage for absurdist comedy of any film I can think of. It begins with a mock-dramatic monologue by Coburn that keys the unique tongue-in-cheek tone of the film brilliantly and is probably the best acting he ever did on film. Stu Philips' catchy theme music maintains the puckish spirit of the piece in a way that few American movie scores of the 60s ( or movie scores of any other period for that matter) have been able to do as successfully or as memorably.
- jacegaffney
- Jan 16, 2013
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- Also known as
- Ladrón y amante
- Filming locations
- Lakeside Shopping Center, 301 Pass Ave, Burbank, California, USA(Location, since redeveloped.)
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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