The Brink's Job
- Peter Falk: Tony Pino
- Peter Boyle: Joe McGinnis
- Allen Garfield: Vinnie Costa
- Warren Oates: Specs O'Keefe
- Gena Rowlands: Mary Pino
- Paul Sorvino: Jazz Maffie
- Sheldon Leonard: J. Edgar Hoover
- Gerard Murphy: Sandy Richardson
- Kevin O'Connor: Stanley Gusciora
- Claudia Peluso: Gladys
- Patrick Hines: H.H. Rightmire
- Malachy McCourt: Mutt Murphy
- Walter Klavun: Daniels
The big thing at Brinks ( The Brink's Job ) is an American criminal comedy from 1978. Directed by William Friedkin, the screenplay was written by Walon Green based on the novel The big thing at Brink 's ( Big Stick Up At Brink's ) by Noel Behn.
Action
The action takes place in the 1950s in the United States. The not particularly successful petty criminals Tony Pino discovered that the security measures of the CIT by leading company Brink's are flawed. First, a van is robbed, then the Boston headquarters. In the second raid about three million U.S. dollars were seized.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected political motives of action and seeks the guilty under the Communists.
Background
The film was shot in Boston and a few other places in Massachusetts.
The plot picks up the robbery of 17 January 1950 to the CIT-company Brink's in Boston as a subject. Eleven armed men looted while 1,218,211 U.S. dollars cash and more than 1.5 million U.S. dollars in checks, money orders and other securities. It was the largest ever armed robbery in the United States. The band members could be detected after a few years and sentenced to imprisonment. From the prey, only a small part has been discovered and returned.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times on March 12, 1979, the film was so good that it was surprising that he would not be the big box office success. He was " refined ", " clever " and often very funny. The 1950s were displayed correctly. The Director of characters who are simultaneously funny and would look so realistic that you can sympathize with them.
The magazine wrote prism, the ensemble cast was " perfectly placed "; especially the play of Peter Falk was praised.
Awards
The film was nominated in 1979 for Best Art Direction ( Dean Tavoularis ) for an Oscar.