The millionaire robbery
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German title | The millionaire robbery |
Original title | Dollars / $ |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1971 |
length | 120 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Richard Brooks |
script | Richard Brooks |
production | MJ Frankovich |
music | Quincy Jones |
camera | Petrus R. Schlömp |
cut | George Grenville |
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The Million Heist (Dollars) is an American crime comedy directed by Richard Brooks from 1971 .
action
Joe Collins and Dawn Divine rob the Hamburg branch of a US bank. Under the pretext that there was a bomb in the bank, Collins had himself locked in the chamber with lockers. There he opens some lockers that contain money from illegal activities in the USA and deposits the bundles of money in his own locker. Meanwhile, the branch manager Mr. Kessel praises him as a hero.
A little later, Divine comes with a bag and picks up the money, a little over a million US dollars in total . However, Divine and Collins are being hunted by the other criminals. Divine escapes by pretending that she is getting on a train.
Collins is followed much longer. One of the criminals tries to run him over on a frozen lake. Eventually the ice sheet collapses under the car. Collins escapes.
Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the film was "high-spirited". The city of Hamburg with its nightlife is shown as "stylish" and "atmospheric". Goldie Hawn appears "rushed" and "stiffened" in the film while Warren Beatty appears "cool" and "calculating".
In the lexicon of international film , the film is described as "entertainment made to perfection", "with witty ideas and satirical tips against big money-makers."
Awards
Quincy Jones was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1973 for film music .
background
The film was mainly shot in Hamburg . The bank is the Hamburger Kunsthalle ; the foyer was used for the counter hall. The chase was filmed in the Speicherstadt , at Hamburg Central Station and in the St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel . The scene on the frozen lake was made in Sweden , the end in Malibu .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The millionaire robbery at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ^ The robbery of millions in the dictionary of international films
- ↑ Filming locations for The Robbery of the Millions
Literature (selection)
- Julian Hanich: robbery of millions. In: Thomas Koebner , Jürgen Wulff (Hrsg.): Filmgenres Thriller (= Reclams Universalbibliothek. No. 19145). Reclam, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-15-019145-3, pp. 157-160.
Web links
- The million robbery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The million robbery at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The millionaire robbery in the online film database