Main Cast: Ursula Andress, David Warner, Stanley Baker, Patience Collier, T.P. McKenna
Release Year: 1970
Country: UK
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A trio of aspiring crooks plan to steal a million dollars in this crime comedy. Lord Nicholas (David Warner) and his Swiss wife Britt (Ursula Andress) are the jet-set couple who have spent all their money and seek a loan from the bank. She asks Graham (Stanley Baker) for a loan, but the mid-level manager has plans of his own to pad his retirement account by means of larceny. Graham approaches both Nicholas and Britt to help him in his plan. Britt sleeps with both men, willing to take off to Rio with the first one who gets his hands on the money. Nicholas and Graham both are under the assumption they are the masterminds of the plot that is highlighted by amusing twists. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
David Waller - Williams; Joan Benham - Miss Welsh; Julian Orchard - Thompson; Trisha Mortimer - Janet; Johnny Briggs - Taxi Driver; Fred Griffiths - Taxi Driver; Patrick Jordan - Bank Guard; Howard Lang - Bank Commissioner; Garfield Morgan - 1st Airport Official; Brian Peck - Chauffeur; Max Faulkner - Strongroom Guard; Georgina Simpson - Stewardess; Anne Tirard - Miss Marsh
Credit
Robert Laing - Art Director, Rahvis - Costume Designer, Kiki Byrne - Costume Designer, Peter Hall - Director, Rex Pike - Editor, Rex Pyke - Editor, Johnny Dankworth - Composer (Music Score), Johnny Dankworth - Musical Direction/Supervision, John O'Gorman - Makeup, W.T. Partleton - Makeup, Terence Marsh - Production Designer, Alan Hume - Cinematographer, Jack Smith - Producer, Hugh Scaife - Set Designer, Anthony Greville-Bell - Screenwriter, C. Scott Forbes - Screenwriter
The film revolves around three people - Lord Nicholas Dorset and his wife Britt, for whom luxury is a necessity, and their bank manager Mr. Graham. Over the years Mr. Graham has devised a plan to rob his own bank. His clients desperate financial straits make them ideal accomplices in his eyes, but to ensure their loyalty he makes love to Britt after sending her husband away, and bribes Nick with a retainer. The robbery scheme is dependent on timing and must be carried out on a Friday - the perfect Friday. With careful planning the simple, neat crime is eventually accomplished. But when their perfect crime has been completed each mistrusts the other - and with £300,000 at stake the three robbers have a lot to lose.
It is noted for its snappy dialogue and charming chemistry between Baker and Andress. The underlying message of the film is about class in 1970s Britain. It has not yet been released on DVD.
