The story of a real-life bank robbery by a lookalike of the Bullitt star gets a pretty shallow and unmemorable treatment
A little-remembered bank
Job from the Nixon era is the true-crime inspiration for this lightweight sub-Goodfellas caper, which runs low on gas and gags. In 1972, thieves broke into a
California bank where Tricky Dicky was rumoured to have stashed millions of dollars in dirty campaign contributions. The
FBI quickly arrested the gang, identified by fingerprints left on cutlery in a house they’d rented near the bank (some numpty had forgotten to switch the dishwasher on). But one guy, Harry Barber, went on the lam, evading arrest for eight years; he looked like a bit like Steve McQueen.
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