Main Cast: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands
Release Year: 1978
Country: US
Run Time: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In 1950, a Brink's armored truck in Boston was robbed by a highly organized gang decked out in Halloween masks. The Brink's Job is an occasionally humorous account of that "perfect crime." Peter Falk stars as the mastermind behind the robbery, who assembles a bunch of two-bit hoods who in any other circumstance would be written off as born losers. The success of the caper hinges upon Brink's rather arrogant assumption that its trucks are unassailable and their guards are always on their toes. Wrong on both counts! This comic suspenser was based on The Big Stick Up at Brink's, a book by Noel Behn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Sheldon Leonard - J. Edgar Hoover; Gerard Murphy - Sandy Richardson; Kevin O'Connor - Stanley "Guss"Gusciora; Claudia Peluso - Gladys; John Brandon - F.B.I. Agent; Allen Garfield - Vinnie Costa; Earl Hindman - F.B.I. Agent; Patrick Hines - H.H. Rightmire; Walter Klavun - Daniels; Malachy McCourt - Mutt Murphy; Paul Sorvino - Jazz Maffie; Randy Jurgensen - FBI Agent; John Farrell - F.B.I. Agent
Credit
Angelo P. Graham - Art Director, Angela Morley - Conductor, Ruth Morley - Costume Designer, William Friedkin - Director, Robert Lambert - Editor, Bud Smith - Editor, Richard Rodney Bennett - Composer (Music Score), Dean Tavoularis - Production Designer, Norman Leigh - Cinematographer, Ralph Serpe - Producer, Jeff Wexler - Sound/Sound Designer, Walon Green - Screenwriter, Noel Behn - Book Author
Notably, in August of 1978, 15 unedited reels of the film were stolen. The robbers demanded a $600000 ransom. The money was never paid and the film completed without the missing footage. [2]
An alley in the opening sequence reveals the Pilgrim Theatre (since demolished) in what was then Boston's Combat Zone.
Another shot in that sequence shows the faded sign painted on the side of the Combat Zone's Gaiety Theatre (also demolished).
Tony and Joe fight in Roxbury's Dudley Square Station when it was part of the MBTA's old elevated Orange Line (since demolished; the old station is now a bus and Silver Line terminal).
