The Brink's Job

The Brink's Job

Director: William Friedkin Cast: Peter Falk
Peter Falk
, Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle
, Warren Oates
Warren Oates
, Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield
William Friedkin
The Brink's Job

The Brink's Job

Director: William Friedkin Cast: Peter Falk
Peter Falk
, Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle
, Warren Oates
Warren Oates
, Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield
William Friedkin

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Overview

A handful of bumbling crooks pull off the heist of the century in spite of themselves in this blend of comedy and action. Tony Pino (Peter Faulk) is a small time crook whose attempts to stage large scale robberies have a habit of going very, very wrong, and he fares better at running a diner and fencing stolen radios than making a living as a thief. However, while casing out a Goodwill office with his brother in law Vinnie (Allen Goorwitz) in hopes of robbing the safe, Tony notices the Brink's Armored Car Company's building near by, and starts to wonder how hard it would be to break in. The more Tony investigates, the more he discovers the security at Brink's is more a matter of reputation than intricate design, and that getting in after hours would be within his abilities. Tony assembles a crew of thieves -- clumsy Vinnie, sharp-dressing bookie Jazz (Paul Sorvino), money launderer Joe (Peter Boyle), fast-talking but edgy Specs (Warren Oates), funny man Stanley (Kevin J. O'Connor) and nice guy Sandy (Gerard Murphy) -- and together they pull off the biggest cash robbery of their time, walking away with $1.5 million. But stealing the money is one thing -- keeping their mouths shut and not going crazy as they wait for the statute of limitations to run out on the job is something else. Also starring Gena Rowlands, The Brink's Job was inspired by the real life robbery of the Brink's company's Boston headquarters in January 1950; as the ends credits note, at the time of the movie's release in 1978, it was the only successful robbery of a Brink's company building, though a Brink's armored car would be ambushed by thieves in Nanuet, New York in 1980.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/02/2014
UPC: 0025192096877
Original Release: 1978
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Language: English
Time: 1:44:00
Sales rank: 40,531

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Peter Falk Tony Pino
Peter Boyle Joe McGinnis
Warren Oates Specs O'Keefe
Allen Garfield Vinnie Costa
Gena Rowlands Mary Pino
Paul Sorvino Jazz Maffie
Sheldon Leonard J. Edgar Hoover
Gerard Murphy Sandy Richardson
Kevin O'Connor Stanley `Guss' Gusciora
Claudia Peluso Gladys
Patrick Hines H.H. Rightmire
Malachy McCourt Mutt Murphy
Walter Klavun Daniels
Randy Jurgensen FBI Agent
John Brandon FBI Agent
Earl Hindman FBI Agent
John Farrel FBI Agent
Leon Collins Tap dancer
Harriet Rogers Actor
Robert Prosky Cop in Police Lineup
Allen Goorwitz Actor
John Farrell F.B.I. Agent
Angela Morley Conductor
Richard Rodney Bennett Composer

Technical Credits
William Friedkin Director
Walon Green Screenwriter
Ralph Serpe Producer
Dino DeLaurentiis Executive Producer
Dino De Laurentiis Producer
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh Special Effects
Charles L. Campbell Sound Effects
Robert Glass Sound Effects
Jeff Wexler Sound/Sound Designer
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