Money Movers (1978)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers:

Bruce Beresford (writer)
Devon Minchin (novel)

Release Date:

1979 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

This contemporary action movie is based on the novel by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services and reveals a violent and ruthless criminal world.

Plot:

An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten the security. However, the biggest danger of a new heist lies within the company's own ranks.

Plot Keywords:

Heist | Security | Ex Cop | Security Firm | Adelaide South Australia

Cast

Terence Donovan	...	Eric Jackson
Tony Bonner	...	Leo Bassett
Ed Devereaux	...	Dick Martin
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	...	Jack Henderson
Candy Raymond	...	Mindel Seagers
Jeanie Drynan	...	Dawn Jackson
Bryan Brown	...	Brian Jackson
Alan Cassell	...	Sammy Ross
Gary Files	...	Ernest Sainsbury
Ray Marshall	...	Ed Gallagher
Hu Pryce	...	David Griffiths
Frank Wilson	...	Lionel Darcy
Lucky Grills	...	Robert Conway
Tony Allison	...	Man at bank
Brian Anderson	...	Technician

Also Known As:

Moneymovers (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (1980) | USA:R | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (video rating) | Australia:R (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Company:

New South Wales Film Corp.

Trivia:

Bruce Beresford saw a copy of Devon Minchin's book in a store and thought that it would make a good film.

Quotes:

Brian Jackson: If one of your mob told me, "Good morning," I'd put on my pajamas and go to bed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Count Your Toes: The Making of 'Money Movers' (2004) (V)

For fans of "The Great Bookie Robbery" & Aussie Nostalgia

You can almost smell the sweat and testosterone !

This is a movie for the blokes. It's full of tough blokes, violent blokes, bossy blokes, union blokes, angry blokes and blokes who tell the sheilas to go away and let the blokes get on with important blokey business.

Hugely talented Australian cast with an equally talented director. This is what Aussie society was like before we all became middle-class and comfortable.

Oh, the plot? Crooked blokes are practically lining up to rob an armoured-car security firm. The siege mentality builds as the story progresses, as the company tries to work out where the next hit is coming from.

If I had to pick a fault, it was sometimes hard working out who was double-crossing who, some of the dialogue was up to "Law and Order" fast snappy talking standard, but it mostly all makes sense towards the end.

Three stand-out treats - 1. Jeanie Drynan (the mum from Muriel's Wedding) looking very trim & terrific, not at all like the side of a house.

2. The Beaurepaires Tyre man playing a sadistic henchman. (He played a similar scary character in Mad Max).

3. Lucky Grils being excellent light relief as a "Bluey" character.

It was also interesting seeing a young Bryan Brown (un-imaginatively cast as "Brian" !) playing against (later) type ie having a lack of confidence and really feeling the pressure, almost the opposite of his roles in "Cocktail" and "Risk".

So crack open a beer, send the wife out of the room, turn up the volume and enjoy this under-rated Aussie movie.