The Anderson Tapes
- Sean Connery: John Anderson
- Dyan Cannon: Ingrid
- Martin Balsam: Tommy Haskins
- Ralph Meeker: Captain Delaney
- Alan King: Pat Angelo
- Christopher Walken: The Kid
- Val Avery: " florets " Parelli ( in the original: " Socks " )
- Scott Jacoby: Jerry Bingham
- Margaret Hamilton: Miss Kaler
The Anderson Clan is a crime film from 1971 and belongs to the genre of heist movies. Sidney Lumet directed and Sean Connery played the lead role. Was by Lawrence Sanders in 1970 Musically backed the film from Quincy Jones: The screenplay was written by Frank Pierson, based on the bestselling The Anderson Tapes ( The Anderson Tapes title). .
Action
John "Duke" Anderson has been serving a ten year sentence for robbery. After his release, he renews his relationship with his former girlfriend Ingrid. She lives in a luxury apartment building ( 1 East 91st Street ). Anderson decides immediately to eliminate the entire building in one go - and carry off the spoils in a moving van. He leaves the company from a nostalgic mafia boss finance and drumming his four-member gang together. Additionally, there are the aggressive " florets " as watchdogs for the Mafia and alcohol- dependent former convict "pop", which is to mimic the concierge during the robbery, one of the party.
Anderson here goes however in the world of comprehensive monitoring systems - agents, cameras, listening devices and other surveillance devices of various public and private bodies almost watch the whole operation, from initial planning through to implementation. While Anderson continues to move, it is always observed, depending on the location and people involved by another group.
The robbery is to take place on the weekend and Labor Day. The gang cuts the phone cord and alarm wires, moving through the building from floor to floor upward and thereby drives the residents together. Then, each apartment is robbed. However, despite the control measures will only begin to bring together all the information gathered and to alert the police after a young resident of the house with his radio (via Hawaii, Wichita Falls and Portland, Maine) is seeking help. Unaware of the criminals, a special unit is sent into the building through the roof of a neighboring house, and it assembles an enormous police presence outside the building.
When the police stormed the building, a group of criminals tried in vain to flee in a pickup truck. The members of the group are finally arrested, while the agents who monitored Anderson, destroy their recordings, not to be convicted of illegal surveillance.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film proclaims: " An exciting gangster film, which combines the conventional genre history with critical references to the dangers of a powerful monitoring and control society. "