The Brink's Job (1978)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

William Friedkin

Writers:

Noel Behn (book)
Walon Green (writer)

Release Date:

23 May 1979 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The greatest true comedy robbery of all time!

Plot:

After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport...

Plot Keywords:

Security Transport | Criminal | Caper Comedy | Punctuation In Title | Caper

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Peter Falk	...	Tony Pino
Peter Boyle	...	Joe McGinnis
Allen Garfield	...	Vinnie Costa (as Allen Goorwitz)
Warren Oates	...	Specs O'Keefe
Gena Rowlands	...	Mary Pino
Paul Sorvino	...	Jazz Maffie
Sheldon Leonard	...	J. Edgar Hoover
Gerard Murphy	...	Sandy Richardson
Kevin O'Connor	...	Stanley Gusciora
Claudia Peluso	...	Gladys
Patrick Hines	...	H.H. Rightmire
Malachy McCourt	...	Mutt Murphy
Walter Klavun	...	Daniels
Randy Jurgensen	...	FBI agent
John Brandon	...	FBI agent

Also Known As:

Big Stickup at Brink's

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:A | UK:PG (video re-rating) (1992) | USA:PG (re-rating on appeal) | USA:R (original rating) (1978) | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivia:

During production, a Boston Resident was paid to remove the air conditioner from his window so they could film on that particular street for a shot. The next day when they arrived to continue filming, every window on the street had an air conditioner

Movie Connections:

References Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

I enjoyed it!

A neat little crime caper, and I wonder why we never see it on any of the cable networks. Falk was great, as were Peter Boyle and Warren Oates, and believe or not, Paul Sorvinio was in this one too! Realistic, and pretty honest.