Main Cast: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman
Release Year: 1968
Country: US
Run Time: 91 minutes
Plot
A pair of crooks conspire to rob the ticket booth at the Los Angeles Coliseum during a Rams game. Before they can perform the heist, the two must find precisely the right henchmen to join them. Each potential gang member must undergo a rigorous test of skill. Thanks to care and precise planning, the caper comes off smoothly and afterward the gang leader (Jim Brown) hides the money in the apartment of his ex-wife (Diahann Carroll). She only agrees to keep the money on the provision that he reform so they can get back together. Unfortunately, the wife's lust-crazed landlord (James Whitmore) busts into her house the next day and tries to rape her. During the struggle he kills her and then takes the loot. Later a crooked cop (Gene Hackman) investigates. Meanwhile, when the gang members learn that the loot is missing, they suspect a double-cross and engage in a huge battle. The cop finds the money and at first keeps it for himself. The head crook eventually figures out that the cop has it and so goes to him to make a little deal. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Jack Klugman - Kifka; Warren Oates - Gough; James Whitmore - Sutro; Thordis Brandt - Clerk; Anthony Carbone - Man; George Cisar - Doorman; Howard Curtis - Physical Instructor; Fabian Dean - Clerk; Edith Evanson - Woman; Robert Foulk - Sergeant; Duane Grey - Guard; Harry Hickox - Detective; Chuck Hicks - Physical Instructor; Beverly Hills - Receptionist; Jonathan Hole - Ticket Seller; Joyce Jameson - Jenifer; Jackie Joseph - Jackie; Gene Lebell; Karen Norris - Proprietress; John Orchard - Guard; Regis Parton - Guard; Anne Randall - Negli's Girl; Carl Saxe - Physical Instructor; Ron Stokes - Detective; Donald Sutherland - Dave Negli; Warren Vanders - Mason; Vanessa Lee - Little Girl; George Robotham - Physical Instructor; Dee Carroll - Woman; Tina Menard - Mother; Jose Gallegos - Father; Jon Kowal; Lou Whitehill; Bill Couch - Physical Instructor
Credit
George W. Davis - Art Director, Urie McCleary - Art Director, Al Jennings - First Assistant Director, Gordon Flemyng - Director, Rita Roland - Editor, Sheb Wooley - Composer (Music Score), Quincy Jones - Composer (Music Score), William J. Tuttle - Makeup, Burnett Guffey - Cinematographer, Robert Chartoff - Producer, Irwin Winkler - Producer, Keogh Gleason - Set Designer, Henry W. Grace - Set Designer, Virgil Beck - Special Effects, Franklin E. Milton - Sound/Sound Designer, Robert Sabaroff - Screenwriter, Chris Shaw - Screenwriter, Lynn H. Guthrie - Second Assistant Director
Thieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money.
