Summaries

James Marsters plays a reformed thief and family man who relapses into his criminal habits after a friend recruits him for a series of hotel robberies and, later, a jewel heist.

Bobby Comfort is the only one of three prison breakers who gets far, from Rochester (NY) to Florida. Once caught in the act of more thefts, he successfully pleads unlawful overextended incarceration and is free to return to his wife Peggy and daughter Stephanie. Mystery crime mind Sammy Nalo tempts Bobby to try a new 'niche', stealing from barely-protected New York state hotels. Clever Bobby saves the day despite his accomplices' violent stupidity and enjoys using his charms. However his own in-law, Phil Parris, besotted with Peggy and demoted from detective to uniformed, ultimately gets the authorities motivated to start a task force.—KGF Vissers

Sammy Nalo was the one they had to watch out and be careful , the real gentleman of this sensational heist is Bobby Comfort with Nick Sacco . Bobby had a limo after he scoped out the Hotel that was going to be the biggest score ever , no one was ready for . New York City 1972 was the year and right after New Years Jan 2,. the men put fake beards , enter the side entrance taking the entire hotel hostage is what this was all about, as Bobby Comfort was the mastermind he made the Hotel Lobby desk look normal , but when he started empying the. Safe Deposit boxes were coming up short , he needed the list of the Hotel PIERRE safe deposit boxes and Jackpot the mother load 700 k cash in just one box . Wow ! As he continued, Sammy Nalo The Arab pockets some diamonds . No Honor amonst theives .—pavlestanimirovic

Charismatic thief Bobby Comfort escapes from prison, clears himself of all charges, and returns to a home life he finds unsatisfying. Though he is devoted to his wife and daughter, his old life comes calling, both figuratively and literally, in the form of idea man Sammy Nalo. With the help of Comfort's old partner, they begin robbing posh New York City hotels, while second cousin and bumbling cop Phil Parris thinks he can turn Comfort to the straight and narrow.—Quicksand

Details

Keywords
  • prison
  • thief
  • theft
  • hotel
  • jewel thief
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Mar 18, 2005
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States Canada
Language English
Filming locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies Darius Films Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) Once Upon a Time Films

Box office

Budget $1800000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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