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The Big Job

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A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1965-10-05

Runtime: 88 mins

Director: Gerald Thomas

Writer: Talbot Rothwell

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Action

Original title: The Big Job

Production Companies: Peter Rogers Productions

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
It's a sort of carry-on-criminal, this one - with a reliable cast of British actors - Sid James, Sylvia & Joan Sims and Lance Percival amongst the stalwarts who recount this rather daft story of a bank robbery that goes a bit wrong! They get caught, sent down for fifteen years and when they escape, all set for a life on the Riviera - they discover the tree trunk in which Sid deposited the loot is now part of a police station. It's a jolly effort that sees them come up with all sorts of wheezes to try and recover their loot from under the unintentionally watchful eyes of "Sgt." Derek Guyler that raises a titter now and again. Maybe a bit on the long side; the joke wears thin after about an hour, and the humour hasn't really lasted that well - but it's still a good ensemble performance.
2024-09-05

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