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The Big Caper

The Big Caper

6,3 /10 (24 Votes)
1957 EN 84 min

Overview

A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.

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Release date

28/03/1957

Votes

24

Popularity

1.9

The Big Money... $1,000,000 was up for grabs!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

84 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-03-13

⭐ 6

I quite liked the premise of this heist caper, as the down-at-heel “Harper” (Rory Calhoun) comes up with the idea of robbing a small bank that just happens to house the wages of a nearby military base. He can’t do it on his own, though, so taps up the ruthless “Flood” (James Gregory) for resources. There’s $1 million at stake here so he and his new investor’s gal “Kay” (Mary Costa) move into the town and pretend to be the married owners of the petrol station. It’s a friendly enough town, loads of chatty neighbours and family BBQs so the question is: will their sinister motives be spotted in a …

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