St Ives
Time Out says
Neither Houseman's presence as the criminal mastermind, nor Lucien Ballard's crisp photography can rescue this routine thriller from the implausibilities of script (from a novel by Ross Thomas, writing as Oliver Bleeck) and heavy-handed direction. Bronson seems tired from the start as the ex-crime reporter turned would-be novelist who gets involved in a simple theft that escalates into murder and large-scale robbery. Though the script is larded with post-Watergate cynicism - the caper is the stealing of an American electronics firm's huge bribe to an Arab oil sheik, and all the cops but one are corrupt - the film consistently skirts the issues it raises, however obliquely, preferring instead such time honoured clichés as the cutaway to Bisset looking glamorous/mysterious or Bronson looking muscular/brooding for its resolutions.
Details
Release details
Duration:
94 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
J Lee Thompson
Screenwriter:
Barry Beckerman
Cast:
Robert Englund
Jeff Goldblum
Burr De Benning
Elisha Cook
Harris Yulin
Jacqueline Bisset
Charles Bronson
Maximilian Schell
Harry Guardino
John Houseman
Jeff Goldblum
Burr De Benning
Elisha Cook
Harris Yulin
Jacqueline Bisset
Charles Bronson
Maximilian Schell
Harry Guardino
John Houseman
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