Summaries

An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten security. The biggest danger of a new heist lies from within the company's own ranks.

Filmed in Adelaide, S. Australia, Bruce Beresford's adaptation of Devon Minchin's novel is a fast-paced independent film with an all star Australian cast including Bryan Brown, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Terence Donovan, and Tony Bonner. A group of crooks plan to steal twenty 20 million dollars from a security firm counting house, only to have the plan overtaken by a crime boss due to a corrupt police detective.—Jamie Skinner

Details

Keywords
  • ozploitation
  • car
  • heist movie
  • bagman
  • reference to faye dunaway
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jan 2, 1979
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Australia
Language English
Filming locations Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Production companies New South Wales Film Corporation The South Australian Film Corporation

Box office

Budget $550000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 32m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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