Yes we are familiar with novelist Donald Westlake as the source for both Point Blank and The Outfit. And this one begins the same way - a man being released from prison. And then his brother-in-law tries to run him over. Amusing set of situations as stolen diamond keeps outmanoeuvring them. William Goldman writes playfully and cinematically.
Quincy Jones died November 3rd. His first film score was for the Swedish Pojken i Trädet in 1961, then more recognisably The Pawnbroker in 1964. Notable other scores included Mirage, The Slender Thread, In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Italian Job, The Out of Towners, The Getaway, Roots and The Color Purple, which he also produced. This is a good representation, melodic, jazzy (Gerry Mulligan on sax), experimental, innovative.
Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Zero Mostel, Moses Gunn. Well directed and edited by Fred Berger and Frank Keller - Yates likes to protract his suspense scenes. Highlights include museum robbery, breaking into prison ("I can't climb that"), helicopter ride over Manhattan. Most entertaining film.
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