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The Hot Rock (1972)
Director: Peter Yates
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From Time Out Film Guide
Donald E Westlake, who also writes under the name of Richard Stark, has quietly been providing material for some of the better American thrillers for some years. Point Blank, The Split and The Outfit, all with similar plots and themes, were adaptations from Stark novels. Like Cops and Robbers, The Hot Rock is by Westlake. Both of them touch on the themes of teamwork and capitalism, crime being just another form of free enterprise. Redford and Segal are both good, parodying their normal images, as the thieves who steal the Sahara Stone from the Brooklyn Museum and spend the rest of the film chasing after it. Like Cops and Robbers it's a lightweight film, but enjoyable nonetheless. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Yates
Producer: Hal Landers, Bobby Roberts
Cast: Robert Redford, George Segal, Zero Mostel, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, William Redfield full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 105 mins
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