The Big Rip-Off

• Director: Dean Hargrove
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Themes: Cons and Scams
• Release Year: 1975
• Country: US
• Run Time: 78 minutes

Plot

The Big Rip-Off was the pilot film for Tony Curtis' shortlived TV series McCoy. Curtis plays a sly but basically decent con artist who is engaged to recover $250,000 in ransom money from a recent high-society kidnapping. In the tradition of The Sting, Curtis uses scam tactics to get the money back--all the while keeping one step ahead from his own mobster creditors. Roscoe Lee Browne costars as Curtis' loyal assistant, a nightclub comedian, while Brenda Vaccaro guests as an investigate reporter who assists in the sting. When McCoy graduated to series status in the fall of 1975, Curtis and Browne were back, but Vaccaro was off to her own series, Sara. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Larry Hagman; John Dehner; Linda Evans; Barbara Feldon; Linda Gray; Priscilla Pointer; Brenda Vaccaro; Tony Curtis

Credit

Lloyd S. Papez - Art Director, Grady Hunt - Costume Designer, Dean Hargrove - Director, Robert L. Kimble - Editor, Dick de Benedictis - Composer (Music Score), Bill Butler - Cinematographer, Dean Hargrove - Producer, Roland Kibbee - Producer, Dean Hargrove - Screenwriter, Roland Kibbee - Screenwriter

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