The Brink's Job

1978

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / History

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 55% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 3839 3.8K

italian american boston, massachusetts irish-american heist

Plot summary

In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis, who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when the FBI gets involved, the cops start cracking down on the gang and McGinnis refuses to hand over the loot...

Director

William Friedkin Photo
William Friedkin

Top cast

Allen Garfield Photo
Allen Garfield as Vinnie Costa
Sheldon Leonard Photo
Sheldon Leonard as J. Edgar Hoover
John Brandon Photo
John Brandon as F.B.I. Agent
Peter Boyle Photo
Peter Boyle as Joe McGinnis
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
850.65 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 3
1.62 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Brucey_D 7 / 10

"....you are perpetrating a gross miscarriage of injustice..."

A group of small-time crooks in Boston successfully rob millions of dollars from an inept and complacent security firm, only to get their collars felt.This film's script is based on real-life events in 1950 and many hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving members of the gang. The film is played part action, part for laughs.The FBI were convinced that this was the work of organised crime and/or communists, spent a fortune trying to crack the case, and only ever retrieved a small fraction of the loot. Some of the local population treated the crooks as folk heroes, which the authorities were not at all keen on.The film is basically not at all bad but it is slightly unevenly paced and of course rather slow by modern standards, being (for a movie) fairly realistic. Also whilst Falk is a pretty good actor rather than a one-trick pony , it is difficult to look past Lt Columbo and see him as a small time crook here.So overall with caveats (I.e. bearing in mind what the film is about and how it is made), I give this 7/10.
Reviewed by kenneth_mac 6 / 10

A bit uneven but still enjoyable

Would never go as far as saying this film is a forgotten gem ! .... but it is still enjoyable and that is down to the likeable cast and the easy going feel of them film ... Recommended for a one time watch , pretty forgettable but it has a certain charm to it which leaves a smile on your face !
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